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.

 

 

March 2025

March 2, 2025
Calendar, Citizenship Grows in 4-H; Prepare Now in Case of Drought; Feedlot Management Strategies to Combat Winter Weather; News Release - ‘Returning To the Farm’ Workshop to Help Farm and Ranch Families Planning Transitions
March 9, 2025
Calendar; Helping Children Build Self-Esteem; Food Connects Us: Celebrating National Nutrition Month; Pasture and Forage Minute: Fall Dormancy vs. Winter Survival in Alfalfa; Five Ways to Reduce Unit Cost of Production in a Cow-calf Enterprise
   

February 2025

February 2, 2025
Calendar; Helping Children Feel Good About Themselves; Pasture and Forage Minute: Winter Hay Nutrition and Tax Preparation; Can Pine Needles Cause Abortions in Cows?; Food Safety Tips for a Winning Super Bowl Sunday; News Release - How to Transition Your Farm or Ranch to the Next Generation; News Release - Ready, Set, Spread: Manure Application Workshops Near You
February 9, 2025
Calendar; Daily Tasks Done in a Mindful Manner; Using Deicing Salts in the Home Landscape; Preliminary UNL Beef Research Shows No Performance Loss Associated with Varying Distillers' Grains in Cattle Finishing Diets; News Release - How to Transition Your Farm or Ranch to the Next Generation; News Release - ‘Returning To the Farm’ Workshop to Help Farm and Ranch Families Planning Transitions; News Release - Ready, Set, Spread: Manure Application Workshops Near You
February 16, 2025
Calendar; Help Children Explore Their Curiosity; How to Care for Cut Flowers; Wintering Growing Calves Using Corn Residue: The Value of Bypass Protein; News Release - ‘Returning To the Farm’ Workshop to Help Farm and Ranch Families Planning Transitions 
February 23, 2025
Calendar, Helping Children Learn About Kindness; Endangered Species Protection: Coming to a Label Near You; The Mineral Supplementation Puzzle: Pre-Made Mixes Vs. Single Ingredients; News Release - ‘Returning To the Farm’ Workshop to Help Farm and Ranch Families Planning Transitions 
 

January 2025

January 5, 2025
Calendar; Beat the Winter Blues; How to Prevent Ice and Snow Damage on Trees and Shrubs; and Calving Problems: When to Intervene
January 12, 2025
Calendar; Be Safe When Exercising Outdoors in Cold Weather; How to Create and Care for a Terrarium; A Healthy Farm Needs a Healthy Farmer; News Release - One Day - Both Pesticide and BQA Certified; News Release - Researchers Building Science Confidence, Capacity Among Rural Early Childhood Educators
January 19, 2025
Calendar; Physical Development: Infancy Through Preschool; Selecting Alfalfa Varieties; Keys for Corn Stalk Grazing; News Release - One Day – Both Pesticide And BQA Certified
January 26, 2025
Calendar; Help Children Develop a Sense of Responsibility; Tips for Purchasing Seeds; Rainy Day Funds Critical for Financial Success; Injection Site Lesions; News Release - How to Transition Your Farm or Ranch to the Next Generation; News Release - Ready, Set, Spread: Manure Application Workshops Near You
 

December 2024

December 1, 2024
Calendar; Baby Talk Promotes Language Skills; Avoid Year-End Operating Loan Pitfalls; and 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
December 15, 2024
Calendar; Home for the Holidays; Drones and the Nebraska Pesticide Act; and Alfalfa as a Supplemental Protein
December 22, 2024 
Calendar; Making Contributions During the Holidays; Fun Facts About Holiday Plants; 
and What Are Beef Replacement Heifers Worth Going Into 2025?
December 29, 2024
Calendar; Raising Kind Children; Pasture Cedar Control; and Final Hay Inventory
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