By Jackie Guzman, Nebraska Extension Early Childhood Educator
The first week of school can be full of emotions for parents and children. It’s normal to feel excited, nervous, sad, or several emotions at one time. As summer ends and new routines begin this transition to attending school can create a mix of emotions for the entire family. The first day of school for a child may be a cause for separation anxiety.
By Chabella Guzman, PREEC communications
The annual Panhandle Agriculture Research and Technology Tour will be held on Thursday, August 22, 2024, at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Panhandle Research Extension and Education Center campus in Scottsbluff.
One of the speakers on the tour will be Dr. Mohamed Khalil, Nebraska Extension Assistant Geoscientist Applied Geophysics. He has done work on seepage and its effect on building and dam structures.
By Gary Stone, Nebraska Extension Water & Cropping Educator
Hot temperatures will continue through the first part of August 2024, and some precipitation is forecast for the middle of next week.
“Crops in the North Platte Valley and the Panhandle in general are doing well,” said Gary Stone, Nebraska Extension water and cropping educator. “Replanted dry beans are progressing but will need an extended fall for the crop to make it to harvest.” Dry beans in the Panhandle that were not replanted are starting to vine and set blossoms. In the extreme heat across the Panhandle, the first set of blossoms could drop and not set pods.
By Chabella Guzman, PREEC communications / Gary Stone, Nebraska Extension Educator
Temperatures will remain very high throughout the middle of next week (August 7). “Chances of precipitation will be slim until the monsoon moisture returns,” said Gary Stone, Nebraska Extension educator.
The hard red winter wheat harvest is mostly done in the Panhandle, and the dry pea harvest is underway.
“We’re a little bit early because of the heat. It has kind of pushed everything forward,” said John Waston, a grower in Box Butte County. Watson grows yellow field peas. “The peas are better than I expected.” He had some irrigated peas and some dryland, which didn’t get enough rain and didn’t do as well.
By Jessica Groskopf, Dave Aiken, UNL ag economists
Some farm leases are not written but are verbal or "handshake" agreements. Because nothing is in writing, the parties may have different recollections of their agreement, making lease disputes more difficult to resolve. The most common legal issue associated with verbal farm leases is how a lease may legally be terminated. For verbal leases in Nebraska, six months advance notice must be given to legally terminate the lease. In contrast, the termination of a written lease is determined by the terms of the written lease. If the lease does not address termination, the lease automatically terminates on the last day of the lease.
Terminating verbal leases
By Chabella Guzman, PREEC communications
Two with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Panhandle Research Extension and Education Center were among those awarded at the Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Society (NSWCS) awards night on Wednesday, June 12, in Scottsbluff.
Dr. Bijesh Maharjan and Extension Educator Gary Stone received the Commendation Award which recognizes SWCS members for service to their chapter or council of chapters.
Lincoln, Neb. — The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension has been awarded a five-year grant from the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) through the Children, Youth, and Families At-Risk (CYFAR) Program.
CYFAR is a national initiative developed to meet locally identified needs, through quality research-based programs for vulnerable, at-risk, low-income, and low-resource children, youth, and families to promote positive life outcomes.