Local Interest
By Gary Stone | Extension Water & Cropping Systems Educator / Jessica Groskopf | Extension Agricultural Economics Educator / John Thomas | Extension Water & Cropping Systems Educator / Xin Qiao | Irrigation & Water Management Specialist
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, in conjunction with the Goshen Irrigation District, Gering-Fort Laramie Irrigation District, and HDR Engineering, held public meetings on January 8 at the Scotts Bluff County fairgrounds and on January 9 at the Fort Laramie Community Center.
Webinar on Fundamentals of Feeding the Cow series returns
By Chabella Guzman, PREEC Communications
In January and February, Nebraska Extension will present a webinar series titled Fundamentals of Feeding the Cow.
The series begins on January 27, and each session will focus on understanding how the cow’s nutrient requirements change throughout the year and how to cost-effectively meet a cow's needs with grazed or harvested feed.
UNL and WNCC partner in higher education for Panhandle youth
By Chabella Guzman, PREEC communications
To meet the needs of the community and students of western Nebraska, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) and Western Nebraska Community College (WNCC) signed a 2+2 agreement, which will aid students in obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in Agricultural Education and Skilled and Technical Science Education.
“We're very excited to have a signing ceremony that signifies the agreement between Western Nebraska Community College and UNL's College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources,” said Mark Balschweid, UNL Professor and Head of the Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication. “We realize there are a lot of students from this part of the state who enjoy living here and want to stay here. And we also know that there's a shortage of teachers in high schools filling critical roles that contribute to workforce development like manufacturing and agricultural.”
The program helps students from the Panhandle of Nebraska take two years of the program at WNCC, closer to home, and then transfer to UNL for three semesters. The final semester would be student teaching, where students could return to the Panhandle.
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The collaborative effort of four institutions brought students interested in the medical field together with professionals from the field.
The result was the “2024 Incredible Medical Health Day,” held on Wednesday, December 4, at the Panhandle Research Extension and Education Center in Scottsbluff. The day had around 50 freshmen and sophomores from three schools attending to learn more about nursing, surgery, and life-saving measures to take in an accident.
