We know quality childcare is important to more than just parents & children in a community. It affects the business owner and fellow employees when affordable, quality childcare is not available. Employees cannot possibly be fully present in their job if their mind is busy worrying about their children’s care and education. That’s why in 2019, The Learning Child team created and launched a brand-new website designed to help families as they search for childcare including the development of checklist that can be customized. We ask you to please share this resource with your communities, friends, family members, and anyone else who may benefit from receiving this information.
Local Interest
Katie Kreuser is the Regional Food Systems Initiative Extension Educator. Her office is in Cass County. Her area of focus includes fruit, vegetable, and edible specialty crop production. Her accountability Region includes: Cass, Dodge, Douglas, Lancaster, Otoe, Sarpy, Saunders, and Washington Counties. Click here to learn more.
Helpful, interesting, and timely articles written by our very own Sarah Browning, UNL Extension Educator:
2020 - The Year of Iris ... February 23, 2020
2020 The Year of Lanta ... February 16, 2020
2020 CSU Flower Trials ... February 2, 2020
Growing Onions - Sets, Plants or Seeds? ... January 26, 2020
Nebraska Extension offers excellent classes, workshops and educational information on a variety of topics at the local Extension Office. Take a look at our current options:
Pesticide Training Information and the Coronavirus Pamdenic ... new directives for on-line certification.
Ag Land Management Webinars ... a series of videotaped webinars regarding real estate & financial trends, the latest cash rent information, leasing issues and considerations, best practices for negotiating, farm succession and more.
Each Friday a 4-H Friday News Blast will arrive in the in-box of the Cass County 4-Hers. Be "In-the-Know" and read the News Blast:
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Panhandle Perspectives: Did you know? The first domestic sugarbeet seeds were produced in Nebraska
March 26, 2020
At the turn of the 20th century, the sugarbeet was one of the few American crops with an almost complete dependence upon Europe as a source of seed each season. The vast majority of all seed used in sugar beet production originated in either Germany or France. It took two primary factors before Americans were convinced that a domestic seed industry was needed.
Combatting cabin fever: Extension builds out educational content
March 24, 2020
For many families across the state, cabin fever may be setting in, and Nebraska Extension is working to help alleviate pent-up energy with fun, educational content for all ages.