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2,650
Nebraska high schoolers who took part in the Next Chapter Nebraska college-readiness program.

156
Certified pollinator habitats established in 22 counties, with 77 percent increasing their plant abundance and diversity.

350+
Nebraskans completing a food safety course in response to the new Nebraska Cottage Food Law.

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$12.7 M
Total value of Soybean Management Field Days as identified by 2021 attendees.

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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.

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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.  

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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.

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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.

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