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UNL CropWatch / Wheat
The latest Extension information on wheat production and management practices from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
The statewide all-land average value for the year ending Feb. 1, 2020, averaged $2,725 per acre, or about a 3% ($80 per acre) increase to the prior year’s value of $2,645 per acre. This marks the first year-to-year increase since land values in the state peaked at $3,315 per acre in 2014.
https://agecon.unl.edu/2020-nebraska-farm-real-estate-report
Nebraska Farm Real Estate Values Continue Gradual Declines in 2019
Cornhusker Economics, March 13, 2019 (*Preliminary Figures)
https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/kearney/2016-nebraska-farm-real-estate/
Resources for Nebraska Farmers, Ranchers, and Their Families
We hope you reach out if you are feeling stressed. Rural Response Hotline: The hotline offers access to many attorneys, financial advisors, professional counselors, mediators, clergy, and others. There are 167 behavioral health professionals working with the Rural Response Hotline. Ask about no-cost vouchers for counseling services. 800-464-0258
We hope you reach out if you are feeling stressed. Rural Response Hotline: The hotline offers access to many attorneys, financial advisors, professional counselors, mediators, clergy, and others. There are 167 behavioral health professionals working with the Rural Response Hotline. Ask about no-cost vouchers for counseling services. 800-464-0258
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Faculty Spotlight: Leslie Johnson
September 13, 2021
Meet Leslie Johnson, Nebraska Extension educator in the area of animal manure management.
Dry edible bean harvest underway in the Panhandle
September 13, 2021
This season's dry edible bean harvest in underway in the tre0state region of the Nebraska Panhandle, southwest Nebraska, eastern Wyoming, and northeastern Colorado. The overall crop in the region looks very good, despite severe weather and some hail earlier in the year across the growing region. Average yield is expected to be around 2,400 pounds or approximately 40 bushels per acre.
Returning to the Farm workshop set for Dec. 10, 11
September 8, 2021
Lincoln, Neb. —The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Center for Agricultural Profitability and Nebraska Extension will present Returning to the Farm, and workshop series for families who are in the transition process of bringing members back to the farm. It will begin with a two-day workshop for multi-generational families on Dec. 10 and 11 in Columbus.
Backyard Farmer to film season finale with live audience Sept. 1
September 2, 2021
Lincoln, Neb. —The Backyard Farmer panel will hold a Q&A session with a live audience Sept. 1 beginning at 5 p.m. in the Backyard Farmer Garden on the UNiversity of Nebraska-Lincoln East Campus. The session will last for about 45 minutes before the filming of the Backyard Farmer season finale. Chairs will be available for the live audience.