Nebraska Extension in the Central Sandhills

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Nebraska Extension is pleased to recruit candidates for ten Coordinator positions to lead multi-county Engagement Zones across Nebraska. We are seeking candidates who will foster employee success in Extension programming, build strong stakeholder engagement and connect local people to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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Flood Resources

The following link provides current resources related to flooding.

Flood Resources
UNL at Forefront of Innovation in Irrigation, Conservation

Deploying the latest technology and strategies, the University has helped Nebraska farmers save more than 326 billion gallons of water and more than $50 million in fuel costs since 2005.

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Protecting Crops in a Warmer World

Higher temperatures caused by climate change aren’t just increasing the number of daytime scorchers. Nights are getting warmer as well, stressing plants and decreasing yields of vital crops worldwide.

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Grow Your Local Community

Join other like-minded communities as we learn programs and resources, share best practices and ideas, empower ourselves and others to assist entrepreneurs and grow our local communities at the annual Connecting Entrepreneurial Communities (CEC) Conference.

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Local Interest

4-H Enrollment Open

Central Sandhills Area 4-H Enrollment http://ne.4honline.com

4HOnline is now open for 2018-19 4-H enrollment!

There is a $10.00 enrollment fee for all 4-Hers including Clover Kids. To pay on-line you must use GOOGLE CHROME! To pay by check please send it to Central Sandhills Area Extension, PO Box 148, Thedford NE 69166. Checks should be made out to the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.

New QA Curriculum site now active!

The new QA Curriculum called Youth for the Quality Care of Animals (YQCA) is now active!

Answers to your Lawn and Garden questions

With Spring around the corner it's time to start planning for your lawn and garden.

You have direct access to two University of Nebraska Extension horticulture experts for all your tree, lawn, garden and other horticulture questions! David Lott is located in the West Central Extension office in North Platte can be contacted at david.lott@unl.edu, (308) 696-6781 or and Elizabeth Killinger in Hall County at elizabeth.killinger@unl.edu, (308)-385-5088.

web-based 4-H Pick Your Project

The web-based 4-H Pick Your Project Guide will assist youth, parents, and volunteers with learning about the project opportunities and then easily locating the same project in 4HOnline. Using the web-based Pick Your Project application, users will be able to search for projects by keywords, project areas, curriculum areas, experience levels, and projects that contain State Fair and/or County Fair eligible entries.

GrassSnap website & instructions (for Apple and Android)

GrassSnap makes monitoring your grass as easy as monitoring salt and water.