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As cool-season grasses have been greening up, many are making decisions on seeding grass, fertilizer management, weed management, hay quality inventory, hay prices, pasture rent, and custom rates. Nebraska Extension provides a good variety of education resources, tools, and survey results for landowners and managers of pasture and hayland.

Who Will Benefit from Attending?

All who are interested in livestock manure management are welcome to take the training. Farm staff and advisors implementing farm's permit or nutrient plan are welcome and encouraged to attend. Consider making this workshop part of your staff's training. Crop farmers using manure, as well as farm staff and advisors implementing a livestock operation's permit or nutrient plan are welcome and encouraged to attend one or more sessions.

More information and registration link can be found at: https://water.unl.edu/lat

Looking for anwers to your pasture and forage questions? Subscribe to Pasture and Forage Minute here to receive information. 

The Department of Agronomy and Horticulture features a website devoted to information on Range, Pasture, and Forages, including sections on forage crop and pasture, integrated crop-livestock systems, rangeland ecology and management, grazing, bioenergy and a section on forage publications. 

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Soil temperatures are taken at 4 inches below the soil surface under bare soil. We have included the former location names (AKA=also known as) for your convenience in locating previous sites.

This report is provided daily by the Nebraska State Climate Office. Visit the NSCO and Nebraska Mesonet websites for more detailed local and state climate data.

Short-term Radon test kits are available at the Nebraska Extension Office in Saline County for no cost. Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer. Act today to help ensure the safety of your family. For more information or to pick up a kit, call (402) 821-2151 or stop by the office located at 306 West 3rd Street, Wilber, NE.

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