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Find the Soil Temperatures
Agricultural crop producers can find current soil temperatures here.
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Visit the NSCO and Nebraska Mesonet websites for more detailed local and state climate data.
2025 Private Pesticide Applicator Training Options in Southeast Nebraska
Options for Private Applicator Certification/Recertification
In-person Training
2025 in-person training sessions If you don’t see trainings in your area, check back, dates are added daily.
If you are recertifying, please bring your Nebraska Department of Agriculture Letter with you to the training. This letter will have a barcode that is needed for recertification. If you don’t have your barcode, please bring your Pesticide License Number.
- Option 1 ($60 fee): In-Person Training hosted by Nebraska Extension – all 2025 locations available at https://edmedia.wufoo.com/reports/2025-psep-private-training-dates/
Online Training
Private applicators can certify or recertify by completing one of our online private self-study programs. These courses are open all year. However, once you begin a course, you must complete it by December 31 to receive certification credit and avoid paying a new registration fee.
($60 fee): Online training – Visit https://pested.unl.edu/ or call the Pesticide Safety Education Program at 402-472-1632 for more details on how to sign-up/pay/navigate in the training website.
- Online private self-study program
- Programa de autoaprendizaje en línea para aplicador privado de pesticida
NOTICE: If you enroll in an online private applicator training program in 2024, you must finish it by December 31, 2024, to receive certification credit. You will not be able to recover your progress after that date. The 2025 online private applicator training programs will become available on January 1, 2025.
Help with Online Training
- Navigating the online private self-study program (YouTube video)
Nebraska Extension's Crop Clinics
Nebraska Extension's Crop Production Clinics take place in January. Private applicators can certify or recertify by attending one of these full-day programs.
($95 fee): Attending one of the 2025 Crop Production Clinics – this is a full day training that covers a visit https://agronomy.unl.edu/cpc for more registration/information.
Private Applicator Exam
Private applicators have the option to certify or recertify by passing a private applicator exam. The NDA offers walk-in exam sessions throughout the year. Find an exam session near you.
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Progressive Ag Safety Day
Date: May 29, 2025
Time:
8:30 am – 1:30 pm
Fillmore Co. Fairgrounds
Contact:
Brandy VanDeWalle, (402) 759-3712, brandy.vandewalle@unl.edu
Current 1st through 6th graders are invited to attend Progressive Agriculture Safety Day on Thursday, May 29, 2025 at the Fillmore County Fairgrounds in Geneva, NE. Youth will participate in a variety of events designed to help them be aware of safety in potentially hazardous situations in and around rural and agricultural settings, including electricity, online safety, severe weather safety, lawn mower safety, sun safety, chemical look-alikes, impacts on mental health and a drug dog demonstration. NE Extension hosts this event in Fillmore County, along with Shickley, Fillmore Central, Exeter-Milligan-Friend FFA chapters, 4-H, W.I.F.E. and Fillmore County Emergency Management. Early registration forms and $5 are due April 25th; forms can be downloaded at fillmore.unl.edu. After April 25th, registration is $10/youth. For more info or to register, call 402-759-3712 or email brandy.vandewalle@unl.edu.
https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/fillmore/4-h/4-h-workshops-programs-camps/
Consider Securing Feed Supplies Now for Dry Conditions in 2025
Consider Securing Feed Supplies Now for Dry Conditions in 2025 - Aaron Berger, Extension Educator
