The 2024 Nebraska Custom Rates Report has been published! Please see the Custom Rates page on CAP where you can share the link or download the pdf file copy of the report. https://cap.unl.edu/customrates The report is also published on Nebraska Extension Publications. https://extensionpubs.unl.edu/publication/2139
A new CAP article is available on the custom rates topic and will be included in CropWatch. https://cap.unl.edu/management/2024-nebraska-custom-rates-what-charge
The Agricultural Budget Calculator (ABC) Program is ready to use in modifying or creating your crop budgets. Learn more at cap.unl.edu/abc or go directly to the ABC program at agbudget.unl.edu.
Lincoln, Neb. —Nebraska’s Natural Resource Districts have awarded the Outstanding Water Conservation of the Year Award to Paul C. Hay (posthumous), Emeritus Extension Educator, alongside Randy Pryor, also an Emeritus Extension Educator. The two long-time educators were nominated by the Lower Big Blue Natural Resources District (NRD) for their nearly 40 years of service to agricultural sustainability in Southeast Nebraska.
Lincoln, Neb. —The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) team led by Dr. Bijesh Maharjan, associate professor and extension specialist at UNL’s Panhandle Research, Extension and Education Center (PREEC), accomplished another successful series of Nebraska Soil Health Schools hosted by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and UNL.
IMPERIAL, Neb. — Chase County hosted the 70th Annual Nebraska State Range Judging Contest, marking a milestone for one of the state’s longest-running educational contests. Organized by the Nebraska Range Judging Committee and local partners from the NRD, NRCS, and Nebraska Extension, six area contests culminated in a state contest aimed at promoting range management and conservation practices among Nebraska’s youth.