Weekly News Columns from the Holt Boyd Extension Office

Nebraska Extension helps Nebraskans put knowledge to work. It provides a variety of educational opportunities, delivered via a variety of ways, so participants have knowledge they can use to make sound decisions to better their lives. Extension assistants, educators and specialists teach, facilitate and collaborate in providing research-based information to Nebraska residents annually. A Nebraska mainstay since 1915, Extension carries forward the land-grant university mission of bringing the university's resources to the state. As a trusted source of factual information today, Extension is just as vital as ever, and perhaps even more so, due to the diverse, complex -and often confusing- issues people encounter today.

News Columns

March 2026

March 2, 2026
Calandar; School Success Requires Family Commitment; Dry Winter Forage Irrigation; Zoonotic Disease Risks in Scouring Calves;  News Release - Workshops Aim to Boost Crop Yields by Improving Manure Management; News Release - Nebraska Extension to Host Webinar on Low Pregnancy Rates in Young Cows
   

February 2026

February 1, 2026
Calendar; Help Children Develop A Sense Of Responsibility; How Agri-Tech Is Reshaping Labor Demand in Nebraska Agriculture; Below Breed Average Bulls May be Better!; Build a Championship Snack Board for Super Bowl Sunday; News Release - Nebraska Extension Launches Six-Part Webinar Series on Controlling Invasive Weeds and Pests in Pastures; News Release - “Calving College” Coming to Atkinson on Feb. 11; News Release - Workshops Aim to Boost Crop Yields by Improving Manure Management
 

February 8, 2026
Calendar; Help Children Explore Their Curiosity; Base Acres Explained: How They Compare to Planting on Nebraska Farms; Opportunities for Distillers Feed Byproducts in Your Beef Operation; News Release - Nebraska Extension Launches Six-Part Webinar Series on Controlling Invasive Weeds and Pests in Pastures; News Release - “Calving College” Coming to Atkinson on Feb. 11; News Release - Workshops Aim to Boost Crop Yields by Improving Manure Management

 

February 15, 2025
Calendar; Ready Today, Safe Tomorrow; Pasture and Forage Minute: Alfalfa Weevil Resistance to Pyrethroids; Part 2 of 6: What Research has the University of Nebraska Conducted on Methane Production in Cattle?; News Release - Nebraska Extension Launches Six-Part Webinar Series on Controlling Invasive Weeds and Pests in Pastures; News Release - Workshops Aim to Boost Crop Yields by Improving Manure Management
February 22, 2026
Calendar; Helping Children Learn About Kindness; February is National Pesticide Safety Education Month; What Heifers Will Fit My Forage Resouces?; News Release - Workshops Aim to Boost Crop Yields by Improving Manure Management; News Release - Nebraska Extension to Host Webinar on Low Pregnancy Rates in Young Cows
 

January 2026

 
January 4, 2026
Calendar; Toilet Learning; Pesticide Applicator Certification Training in 2026; Cornstalk Grazing During Late Gestation; News Release - Unit Cost of Production Workshops; News Releases - Calving College 2026;  News Release - Free Farm & Ranch Succession Workshops Offered in Mullen, Valentine, Ainsworth, and O’Neill; and News Release - Nebraska Extension Launches Six-Part Webinar Series on Controlling Invasive Weeds and Pests in Pastures 
January 11, 2026
Calendar; Does Birth Order Make A Difference?; Practical Manure Management Tips for Small Farms: Protecting Water, Soil, and Community; Part 1 of 6: What are greenhouse gases (GHG) and where are they produced?;  News Release - Unit Cost of Production Workshops; News Releases - Calving College 2026; and News Release - Nebraska Extension Launches Six-Part Webinar Series on Controlling Invasive Weeds and Pests in Pastures 
January 18, 2025
Calendar; How To Help Children Understand Time; African Violets Bring Winter Color Indoors with Proper Care; Nightshade in Corn Residue- Grazing Could Be Toxic; NEWS RELEASE
Nebraska Extension Launches Six-Part Webinar Series on Controlling Invasive Weeds and Pests in Pastures; NEWS RELEASE
“Calving College” Coming to Atkinson on Feb. 11 
January 25, 2026
Calendar; R-E-S-P-E-C-T; Closing the Loop: The Soil Health Cycle and the Future of Sustainable Agriculture; Winterizing Your Cowherd - Managing Cows Through Cold Stress; News Release - Nebraska Extension Launches Six-Part Webinar Series on Controlling Invasive Weeds and Pests in Pastures; News Release - “Calving College” Coming to Atkinson on Feb. 11; News Release  - Workshops Aim to Boost Crop Yields by Improving Manure Management