LINCOLN, Neb. ( Nebraska Today ) - The University of Nebraska–Lincoln added 21 weather stations to the Nebraska Mesonet network this year through $1.48 million in funding from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency and Lower Loup and Upper Elkhorn Natural Resources Districts.

The added stations will bring the state’s total to 94, said Ruben Behnke , manager of the Nebraska Mesonet, and he would like to increase that to 200 in the next few years.

“To properly cover the state, you need a relatively dense network,” he said. “Otherwise, you’re providing data that’s not appropriate to people who are trying to put water on their crops. Even more financially important is applying for financial disaster relief through the Farm Service Agency

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