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Know your Numbers, Know Your Options courses in Scottsbluff, North Platte in November 2019

Making decisions for a farm and ranch can be stressful, but having good financial records can help make the decision-making process easier.

To help farmers and ranchers improve their record keeping and decision making, Nebraska Extension will be holding “Know Your Numbers, Know Your Options” courses in Scottsbluff and North Platte in early November.

Each course is a series of four, three-hour sessions that will teach farmers and ranchers how to analyze their financial documents. The course fee is $20 per participant; class size is limited to 20 people per location. Register online at https://wia.unl.edu/know

Course dates and locations:

PANHANDLE PERSPECTIVES: Stress and young children

Jackie Guzman, Extension Educator Scotts Bluff County

How are your children doing?

In recent months our state has experienced several natural disasters with flooding, storms causing hail damage to property and crops, and most recently the collapse of a tunnel in the irrigation canal serving Wyoming and Nebraska farmers impacting thousands of acres of farm land. Anyone who was not directly impacted by a disaster this year probably knows someone who has, teaching us that we are not immune to such events.

These events can cause heightened anxiety and stress in adults. So what are the implications for children?

Register now for ServSafe training for food service managers

Nebraska Extension will be offering the ServSafe® Manager Training Program for food service managers and employees November 20-21, 2019 from 9:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M. at the Panhandle Research and Extension Center, Bluestem Room, 4502 Ave I, Scottsbluff.

Registrations are due by November 1, 2019. Find the registration form and more information at https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/northernpanhandle/ or contact Nebraska Extension at 308-432-3373 or Jamie Goffena at jgoffena2@unl.edu.

Stronger together – Women in Ag conference Oct. 5 at Scottsbluff

Female agriculture landowners, famers and ranchers, and industy professionals looking to connect with other women in agriculture, are encouraged to register for Stronger Together, a Women in Agriculture conference scheduled for Oct. 5, 2019 in Scottsbluff.

The conference will run from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Western Nebraska Community College Harms Center, 2620 College Park.

PANHANDLE PERSPECTIVES: Did you know? The dry bean bacterial wilt pathogen can be different colors

Robert M. Harveson, Extension Plant Pathologist
Panhandle R&E Center, Scottsbluff

Bacterial wilt of dry beans, caused by Curtobacterium flaccufaciens pv. flaccumfaciens (Cff), has historically posed sporadic but often serious production problems in dry beans throughout the irrigated High Plains since its first report from South Dakota in 1922. In the early 1980s, the disease mysteriously disappeared, appearing only periodically on cull seeds at the processing plants, but with little economic damage.

October 8 workshop in Scottsbluff about communicating with farmers under stress

Numerous factors may cause stress for farmers and ranchers. Many face financial problems, marketing uncertainties, farm transfer issues, production challenges, and more. When temporary stress turns into chronic stress, it can impact health and mental wellness.

Nebraska Extension, in partnership with Michigan State Extension, is offering a workshop in Scottsbluff October 8, 2019 for individuals who work with farmers and ranchers on a regular basis, such as bank lenders, ag suppliers, healthcare professionals, and anyone involved with the lives of farmers and ranchers.

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