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The UNL BeefWatch Newsletter is published the first of each month. The newsletter provides articles on timely topics for beef cattle producers and other beef cattle industry personnel.
The BeefWatch Podcast provides the same timely information as the newsletter, just in a downloadable audio form.
Cornhusker Economics website at: https://agecon.unl.edu/cornhusker-economics
2022 Nebraska Farmland Values and Cash Rental RatesThe market value of agricultural land in Nebraska increased by 16% over the prior year to an average of $3,360 per acre, according to the 2022 Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market Survey. To read the full report, open the page title above.
2023 Phelps & Gosper Counties Impact At-A-Glance Report
The report shows that 85% of Phelps-Gosper elementary age youth participated in school enrichment program in 2023. One-hundred percent of students in Phelps and Gosper schools participated in water education program.
House Mice on the MoveElizabeth Exstrom, Extension Educator Hall County
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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.
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.
Lead and Succeed webinar series continues leadership development discussion
June 19, 2024
Lincoln, Neb. — Rural Prosperity Nebraska, the community development arm of Nebraska Extension, announces the inaugural session of its “Lead and Succeed Lunchbox Series,” a summer-long webinars series focused on revamping community leadership development in rural communities. The first session will take place on June 27.
MarketReady webinars help farmers expand market reach
June 14, 2024
Rural Prosperity Nebraska and the Heartland Regional Food Business Center, a multi-state organization focused on strengthening farm and food enterprises, are kicking off a summer-long series of market-ready webinars, beginning June 20.