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Dakota~Thurston County 4-H Speech Contest 2024 Speech Contest (In conjunction with Presentation, Music, and Favorite Foods Contests)
March 9, 2024 St. Lukes Lutheran Church 211 W 2nd St.Emerson, NE

Register your entry at: http://go.unl.edu/registerdtcontestday 

DEADLINE TO REGISTER AND SUBMIT ENTRY:  March 4, 2024

It's time to get enrolled in 4-H for the 2024 4-H year! Online enrollments can be completed with drops/additions/changes of projects until June 15th. You MUST meet the June 15th deadline to participate in county or state fair. Nebraska has continued to use the 4-H Online v2 platform. 4-H Online 2.0 is more user friendly and is compatible on cell phones. To enroll, visit https://v2.4honline.com/

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Annual forage options following irrigated winter wheat

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The “Engaging Agriculture” articles are written weekly by and for Engagement Zone 1 Nebraska Extension Educators, who cover the 11 counties in the Panhandle.‘

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New Format for Nebraska Soybean Management Field Days

July 24, 2024
The 2024 Soybean Management Field Days will take place August 13 to August 16. Hosted by the Nebraska Soybean Board (NSB) and Nebraska Extension, the field days offer a unique opportunity for farmers to learn about soybean production, the new Soybean Testing Ag Performance Solutions (TAPS) contest, and to network with fellow growers.

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SCAL field day set for Thursday, Aug. 8.

July 24, 2024
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s South Central Agricultural Laboratory (SCAL) field day is Thursday, Aug. 8.

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Heat keeps rains away during wheat harvest

July 23, 2024
Amid the high temperatures in western Nebraska, wheat harvest has been going on. “We’re right in the middle of wheat harvest,” said Cody Creech, Nebraska Extension dryland cropping specialist at the UNL High Plains Ag Lab in Sidney. “The rest of the state has wrapped up, and we’ll be completing harvest this week.” Typical for most growers, weather has been a big factor in wheat yields. The yield reports in the Panhandle vary depending on whether the fields were hit by hail or not.

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