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Did you realize some evergreen needles change color in the fall too, just like deciduous trees do? It's true and it often causes alarm in homeowners when their evergreen trees start to drop needles.
New Antibiotic Restrictions Just Around the Corner
Becky Funk, DVM, Animal Health Teaching and NE Extension Specialist
Jesse Fulton, Extension Educator, Director of Nebraska Beef Quality Assurance
SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 2023
Brad Schick, Nebraska Extension EducatorTHURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2022
2023 – Year of the Stockman Ruth Woiwode Nebraska Extension Specialist – Animal Care & HandlingManaging nitrate in drought stressed corn has been the topic of the fall at the lab. But before sending in a sample, ask yourself this question:
Am I submitting a sample to understand agronomics of nitrate in my plants?
Or am I submitting a sample to find out if nitrate levels are harmful if stalks are fed to livestock?
Ward Laboratories, Inc. experts, Dr. Nick Ward, Rebecca Kern-Lunbery, and Dr. Ray Ward discuss ideas for managing nitrate in drought stressed corn from both an agronomic and livestock feed perspective.
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2024 Nebraska Soil Health School has successful launch
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Building Bridges in Conservation: Nebraska hosts inaugural natural resources workshop
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Overlooking the iconic Platte River, over 100 natural resource professionals and students met to build and foster new collaborations at the first Natural Resources Conservation Connecting Points Workshop.