Upcoming Events
Middle Niobrara Nrd Long Pine Creek Watershed Conservation Field Day
10:00 am–1:00 pm GJW Farms
Demonstrations & Session Topics:
Retirement Reception in honor of Dennis McCallister
3:00 pm–4:30 pm Plant Sciences Hall
Please join us in recognizing and thanking Dennis for his many years of service to the University and to the Department.
Youth Crop Scouting Competition
8:30 am–1:30 pm Agricultural Research & Development Center
Youth from across the state will compete on crop scouting exercises to test their agronomic knowledge. Top two teams will advance to the Regional Competition held in Indiana.
Nebraska Extension Crop Management Training - Precision Ag Clinic
All Day Eastern NE Research & Extension Center (at the ARDC) near Mead, NE
attendees will have the opportunity to learn how to incorporate crop canopy sensors into in-season nitrogen management plans by highlighting two years of data from Project SENSE and studies in manure-treated fields.
Pollinator Talks & Tours
9:00 am–3:00 pm UNL East Campus Keim Hall Room 150
Pollinator talks and tours will focus on pollinator life cycles, preferred plants and ways to attract them to home gardens. Events include tours led by staff from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Entomology …
Switchgrass IV: Prairie & Native Grass International Conference
– All Day Embassy Suites
The Switchgrass IV: Prairie & Native Grass International Conference will offer many opportunities to discuss, present, and learn about the latest discoveries on the biotechnology, biotic and abiotic stress, breeding and genetics, ecology and local …
Second Saturdays Tour at Prairie Pines
8:00 am–5:00 pm Prairie Pines Nature Preserve
“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.” — John Muir
Haskell Ag Lab VIP Tour - Concord, NE
3:30 pm–8:00 pm Haskell Agricultural Laboratory
Please mark your calendars for the annual VIP Tour of the Haskell Agricultural Laboratory (HAL) on Thursday, August 17, 2017. HAL is located 1½ miles east of Concord, Nebraska. Registration will begin at 3:30 p.m., and trolley tours of the research …
Nebraska Extension Training - Soybean Production Clinic
All Day Eastern NE Research & Extension Center (at the ARDC) near Mead, NE
Near MEAD, Neb. — Agribusiness professionals and crop producers will take a close-up look at field conditions, research and techniques at the University of Nebraska’s Crop Management Diagnostic Clinics.