Take a minute or two and listen to interviews with local producers in Southeast Nebraska who use cover crops. They explain how they are using them and benefits they are seeing from using them.
Local Interest
The last few years there has been a major focus on cover crops here in southeast Nebraska as well as other parts of Nebraska. Cover crops have been used for a number of years particularly in organic cropping systems. They have been a source of nitrogen, organic matter and other nutrients when incorporated as green manures in these systems. Cover crops have also been planted as forage crops for livestock for grazing or hay for many years. In recent years there has been increased interest in the use of cover crops in conventional cropping systems.
Nebraska Extension, NRCS and the cover crop industry in Nebraska have worked to develop a cover crop selector tool specifically just for Nebraska. A team of Nebraska Extension Specialists, Extension Educators, NRCS staff and cover crop industry consultants spent a year developing this cover crop selector tool. The tool was completed, but issues in completing the required programming for the tool delayed release of the tool until now.
Nemaha County 4-H State Fair results are now available on line. Congratulations Nemaha County 4-Hers on a job well done!
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Digging into Extension: The Right Path for Jenny Rees
January 13, 2022
Her story begins the same as many others in agriculture.
Student scholarships available for 2022 Women in Agriculture conference
January 12, 2022
The Nebraska Women in Agriculture Conference will award up to 15 scholarships to students to attend the 2022 Nebraska Women in Agriculture Conference, Feb. 24 and 25 in Kearney.
Registration open for ServSafe® training Feb. 15-16 in Scottsbluff
January 7, 2022
Lincoln, Neb. —Nebraska Extension will offer ServSafe Manager Training Program for food service managers and employees Feb. 15-16 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. in Scottsbluff, at the Bluestem Room at the Panhandle Research and Extension Center, 4502 Avenue I.
Panhandle Perspectives: 2021 Nebraska dry edible bean trial results on CropWatch website
January 6, 2022
Results of the 2020 variety trials for dry edible beans conducted by the University of Nebraska Panhandle Research and Extension Center have been posted on the Nebraska Extension CropWatch website.