Nebraska Extension in Dakota County

4-H Youth Development

Career Portfolios

Time to work on keeping a record of your 4-H career! The Career Portfolio keep track of personal growth, leadership, skills gained and community service activities

Career Portfolio
The Learning Child

2018 Early Childhood Conference

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Early Childhood Conference
Voices For Food

Do You have a garden? Do you have more produce than you can use? Find out how you can donate your extra produce to those in need.

Voices for Food
About us

Meet the staff of Dakota County Extension! We have resident staff and regional staff that can answer your questions on a variety of topics.

Meet the resident staff
Heuermann Lecture to feature Chuck Hagel, Bob Kerrey

Chuck Hagel and Bob Kerrey, former U.S. senators for Nebraska, will discuss civil discourse and its impacts on the state’s future during the first Heuermann Lecture of the season Oct. 22.

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Local Interest

4-H Newsletter

October 2018 (4 pages PDF 175 KB ) National 4-H week Ocxtober 7-13, 2018 Career Portfolio Deadline extended Don & Martha Romeo Scholarship 2019 4-H Camps Plan ahead for the 2019 County Fair 30 Days of Doing all this and more in this month's 4-H in Focus.........

Pollinator Habitats

Creating Pollinator Habitats Workshop
Join us to learn how to help pollinators and the plants that benefit them; and make a solitary bee hotel to take home.

$15.00 (Grant funds are subsidizing cost of the hotel at this location)
MUST PRE-REGISTER
Thursday, September 13, 2018
5:30 P.M.
South Sioux City Public Library
2121 Dakota Avenue, South Sioux City, NE

If you are not able to attend in South Sioux City Consider attending the locations below.

Tri-State Early Childhood Conference

Tri-State Early Childhood Conference GUIDING THE NEXT GENERATION Saturday, October 13th, 2018
Delta Hotels by Marriott
4th & B Streets
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Recipe to Reality for Local Food Entrepreneurs

The University of Nebraska Food Processing Center is offering a one-day seminar for all individuals interested in exploring the idea of starting a food manufacturing business. Please encourage interested individuals in your community to attend the “Recipe to Reality” seminar which will be offered on October 27, 2018. Pre-registration is required and space is limited. Registration deadline is October 15, 2018. Contact Jill Gifford, National Food Entrepreneur Program Manager at 402-472-2819 or jgifford1@unl.edu for an information packet.

Horticulture News

Moving Houseplants Indoors

By Kathleen Cue, Nebraska Extension Horticulture Educator

September is the best month for transitioning our houseplants from the outdoors to inside. At this time of year, we don’t have the impending crunch of time when frost is imminent and our only choice is to hastily move plants indoors. By planning ahead, we have the time to pay attention to our houseplants by pulling away dead leaves, chasing out the spiders and checking plants for damage by critters. By waiting until frost is imminent, our haste increases chances of accidentally bringing in aphids, whiteflies, scale insects and mealybugs, exposing unaffected plants to a possible infestation.

Horticulture Helpline

The Master Gardener Horticulture Helpline is available to answer gardening questions and to take samples for identification/diagnosis during the following times and days. The helpline is a service to everyone, regardless of what county they are from.

May through September:
Mondays, 9:00 am to 12:00 noon, Washington County Extension, 402 426-9455

Tuesdays, 1:00 to 4:00 pm, Cuming County Extension, 402 672-6006

Wednesdays and Fridays, 9:00 am to 12:00 noon, Dodge County Extension 402 727-2775