If you are seeking a commercial/noncommercial license for the first time, or if your license has expired, you must pass the NDA-administered General Standards exam, plus the exam for each applicator category you need. Study materials are available for every applicator category including General Standards. To register for trainings or to purchase study materials, visit: https://pested.unl.edu/certification-and-training. Below is a list of Initial and Recertification Trainings.
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Free in-person chemigation trainings will be held in 2022. Pre-registration is reguired. Registration can be found here: https://ssp.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8IAu0C33DhP4P8G. Day-of, walk-in registration will not be permitted. Below is a list of trainings that will be available.
Below is a listing of In-Person Private Pesticide Trainings. Pre-registration is required at: https://ssp.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1zcceUn5yrM99n8. No walk-in registration will be allowed. Cost is $50/person by check or cash to University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
The 2021 regional Nebraska Soybean Day & Machinery Expo is scheduled for December 16. The expo will be in the pavilion at the Saunders County Fairgrounds in Wahoo from 8:30 - 2:15 pm. Exhibitor booths and the opportunity to view equipment will be available as well as presenters starting at 9:10 am. Presenters include Univeristy researchers and specialists, Nebraska Soybean Checkoff representatives, soybean growers and private industry representatives. For more information, visit: https://croptechcafe.org/nebraska-soybean-day-machinery-expo-dec-16/?fbclid=IwAR3W34ERSedhVdv3OFtGKHpbl-jmh4vIVVZ82t8AvTySa22GjWvO9jPB88Y
Jesse Fulton, Director of Nebraska Quality Assurance, will be presenting the latest on the Nebraska BQA program and certifying producers in BQA and BQA Transportation.
Join Nebraska Extension along with the Agriculural Economics department and Center for Agricultural Profitably in Columbus, December 10-11 for the Returning to the Farm Workshop. This workshop serires is being taugh for families that have the next generation of farmers and ranchers coming back to their operations. The workshop helps multi-generations traverse the challenges of successfully succeeding the operation to the next generation.
During this program, participants will:
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Amid the high temperatures in western Nebraska, wheat harvest has been going on.
“We’re right in the middle of wheat harvest,” said Cody Creech, Nebraska Extension dryland cropping specialist at the UNL High Plains Ag Lab in Sidney. “The rest of the state has wrapped up, and we’ll be completing harvest this week.”
Typical for most growers, weather has been a big factor in wheat yields. The yield reports in the Panhandle vary depending on whether the fields were hit by hail or not.