He is responsible for TeamQuest pre-sales technical support activities within identified vertical markets, primarily focused on the delivery of professional services. She has been a personal banker in the commercial/agricultural loan department for the past three years and will be going to the new Mason City office as a personal banking officer. The CEA-CompTIA DHTI+ certification is based on a set of standards designed to measure the mastery of important skills and knowledge necessary to...

Nebraska s winter wheat crop condition fell a bit last week, which isn t unusual for this time of the year. That's two points ahead of the five-year-average, with emergence at 41%, four points ahead of average. And while rainfall last week kept some producers out of the fields, it didn't fall in abundance everywhere. Corn fields look to be in generally great shape early on. Feature Programs & Commentary. And Nebraska soybean planting is now ahead of average. That's according to the weekly...

The Department of Energy has doubled its 2005 commitment to funding research into biofuels any non-petroleum fuel source, including corn, soybean, switchgrass, municipal waste and (ick) used cooking oil. Municipal waste, wood pulp and leftover grain and corn husks are all quite attractive; they can produce something called cellulosic ethanol, which contains more energy than corn. That's why researchers are prospecting for more alternatives, preferably ones that don't rely on food crops or...

Like many wannabe homebuyers who were priced out of the market during the last boom, Montufar spends time these days scanning real estate ads and news reports to determine if it's time to take the plunge and buy. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday criticized international economic institutions for protecting the interests of a select few developed countries and called for a new global economic order that would give rapidly growing developing economies a...

I know that "wheat" and "enriched wheat" flour are NOT whole grain, but how do you count the servings if a food has a mix of whole grains and other items? For example, the first few items in the ingredients list of Kashi "Heart to Heart" are: "Whole Oat Flour, Oat Bran, Evaporated Cane Juice, Yellow Corn Meal, Corn Flour, and Seven Whole Grains and Sesame Flour. I know that "wheat" and "enriched wheat" flour are NOT whole grain, but how do you count the servings if a food has a mix of...