Join us on May 3 from 7:00 to 8:00 pm and learn how to correctly freeze your garden produce or those tasty fruits and vegetables that you purchase throughout the summer season. Register at: https://go.unl.edufreezingclass
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Triggering Pasture and Forage Management Decisions Before a Drought
Youtube Link Randy Saner, Ryan Benjamin, T.L. Meyer
Excited to begin preparations to preserve the great flavors of the growing season. Follow step-by-step instructions from approved, research tested recipes to assure you preserve a safe home canned product. For recipes or other food preparations, see the National Center for Home Food Preservation: https://nchfp.uga.edu.
Preventing the growth of clostridium botulinum spores is the overall goal in home canning foods. Correct canning methods and accurate measurements must be followed to assure a safe shelf-stable product.
Thinking about purchasing an air fryer. Great video talks about the basics of using an air fryer.
A FREE online ZOOM program will be offered from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. CT by the Nebraska Extension Food Safety Team allowing you to participate at home. For more information, email the Extension Educator listed for the day you are interested in attending.
April 19 - Jelly Making – Nancy Urbanec – Register at: https://go.unl.edu/jellyclass
May 3 – Freezing Foods – Kayla Hinrichs at khinrichs3@unl.edu
June 14 – Pressure Canning Carrots – Brenda Aufdenkamp at baufdenkamp1@unl.edu
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Annual forage options following irrigated winter wheat
July 25, 2024
The “Engaging Agriculture” articles are written weekly by and for Engagement Zone 1 Nebraska Extension Educators, who cover the 11 counties in the Panhandle.‘
New Format for Nebraska Soybean Management Field Days
July 24, 2024
The 2024 Soybean Management Field Days will take place August 13 to August 16. Hosted by the Nebraska Soybean Board (NSB) and Nebraska Extension, the field days offer a unique opportunity for farmers to learn about soybean production, the new Soybean Testing Ag Performance Solutions (TAPS) contest, and to network with fellow growers.
SCAL field day set for Thursday, Aug. 8.
July 24, 2024
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s South Central Agricultural Laboratory (SCAL) field day is Thursday, Aug. 8.
Heat keeps rains away during wheat harvest
July 23, 2024
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.