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Family Field Day

Save the Date! Our Family Field Day will be August 7, 2024.

Since 2017, the staff at HAL has hosted a family field day. The Haskell Ag Lab's Family Field Day educates the public on the importance of science and agriculture through exhibits, demonstrations, presentations, and tours. It provides research-based programming showcasing cutting-edge agricultural practices being utilized at the Haskell Agricultural Laboratory, and highlights the research and projects produced by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Nebraska Extension. Field day is free and open to the public. It features both commercial exhibits and educational booths. All attendees receive a ticket for a free meal at one of the food trucks on site.

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Great Plains Heifer Development Program at Haskell Ag Lab

Amid historic lows in the nation's cowherd, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and South Dakota State University are spearheading the Great Plains Heifer Development Program, to help beef producers optimize heifer development and reproductive efficiency at the Haskell Beef Lab near Concord, Nebraska.

Connor Biehler, beef extension educator at Nebraska, and Kiernan Brandt, professional service technician with Trans Ova Genetics and former extension educator with SDSU, have a shared vision of optimizing and enhancing reproductive efficiency and heifer development. Ultimately, the program could help shape the future of the beef industry.

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