We would love to have you join the 4-H community in Hall County! For more information on what 4-H has to offer, check out our 4-H welcome packet (pdf).
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Join us for the next programs in the GRO Big Red Virtual Learning series.
These free webinar series - delivered via Zoom - are a great opportunity to join experts from Nebraska Extension to learn and ask questions! All programs are on the second Wednesday of the month from Noon-1pm CT. Note the date/time change from 2023.
Looking for a fun family adventure this summer??
Get ready to go on an adventure with your family & friends with this activity! Similar to letterboxing (a fun hobby that has been around for 170 years), you’ll be given clues to different locations in our community to find hidden boxes. Find each box to get the prize – a stamp to add to your logbook! Logbooks will be provided for each participant.
With this fun activity, you’ll explore our community and enjoy time with family and friends. Find all the boxes and enter your group into a drawing for a gift basket from the Nebraska State Fair! This activity is available from June 1-30, and the prize winners will be notified soon after.
Check out our NEW 4-H STEM Activity Backpacks!
Each of the STEM Backpacks contains:
If your drinking water has high concentrations of nitrate, the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE) is offering an opportunity for you to treat it for free with the Reverse Osmosis System rebate program.
Application opens: January 1st, 2023
Application closes: June 23, 2024
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UNL survey finds Nebraska ag land values up 5%
June 28, 2024
For the fifth consecutive year, the average all-land value of agricultural land in Nebraska increased, reaching $4,015 per acre in the 12-month period ending Feb. 1, 2024, according to the final report from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s 2023-2024 Farm Real Estate Market Survey.
Tractor Safety course educates next generation of agriculturalists
June 28, 2024
Lincoln, Neb. —
Tractors are part of rural life. They are agricultural equipment that can be spotted in fields, dirt roads, and highways. Typically driven by adults, farm families often hire their teenage children or their neighbors' teens to help with planting, harvesting, and other work. Each Spring across Nebraska, Tractor and Equipment Safety courses are held for 14-and 15-year-olds looking to be employed on farms and ranches.
New 4-H extension assistant follows passion for 4-H and agriculture
June 28, 2024
The Scotts Bluff County Extension recently welcomed Audra Brown, Nebraska 4-H extension assistant, to the University of Nebraska Extension in Scotts Bluff County, officed at the Panhandle Research, Extension and Education Center in Scottsbluff.
Nebraska Extension projects look at viability and economics of mint in Panhandle
June 26, 2024
Two recent projects at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Panhandle Research Extension and Education Center in Scottsbluff involved growing peppermint and spearmint, doing it well, and saving money and greenhouse gasses.