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.

December 2024
December 1, 2024
Calendar; Baby Talk Promotes Language Skills; Avoid Year-End Operating Loan Pitfalls; Winterizing Your Cowherd - Managing Cows Through Cold Stress
December 8, 2024 
Calendar; The Gift of Time; Record-Keeping for Taxes; Bedding Cattle Yards and Managing Bed Packs
   
November 2024
November 3, 2024
Calendar; How Television Impacts Children; Hunting Rights and Land Leases; Fall Garden Tasks - Perennials; Winter Management Options for Weaned Calves
November 10, 2024
Calendar; Fathers Today - Balancing Work and Family; Harnessing Residual Soil Nitrogen Following a Dry Season: They Key to Smarter Fertilizer Planning for the Coming Season; Cowherd Expansion Considerations; News Release - Livestock Risk Management Workshop in O'Neill - November 19
November 17, 2024
Calendar; "Sparks" in Youth; Guide to Selection and Care of Poinsettias; Should We Sell Corn Stalks?; News Release - Livestock Risk Management Workshop in O'Neill - November 19
November 24, 2024
Calendar; What To Do If Your Child Worries Too Much; Guide to Selection and Care of Christmas Trees; Fall Management Strategies for Spring-Calving Cow Herds - Body Condition Score Cows Now; News Release - Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition, Nebraska Extension and Legal Aid of Nebraska Hold Transition Workshops
 
October 2024
October 6, 2024
Calendar; Belonging; Fire Safety During Harvest Season: Essential Tips for Farmers; Plan Now to Purchase Your Hay Supplies
October 13, 2024
Calendar; If I had Parenting to Do Over Again; Harvest Season Safety: A Reminder for Everyone; Pasture and Forage Minute: Fall Thistle Control; How Grazing Corn Residue Affects the Soil
October 20, 2024
Calendar; Apples - Apples Galore!; All About Hedge Apples; Chrysanthemums - Winter Survival; Test, Don't Guess: Sampling and Testing Hay
October 27, 2024
Calendar; Alternative Party Treats; Emergency Planning is Essential for the Home, Farm, or Ranch; Getting More Out of Fall and Winter Grazing
 
September 2024
    September 29, 2024
Calendar; Children and Internet Safety; Determining a Fair Rent for Farm Buildings; Why is my Lilac Blooming in Fall, Instead of Spring?; Simple Synchronization of Cows - One Injection, One Time Through the Chute, and Bull Breed