Are you passionate about the beef industry? Check out the information for the 2022 Beef Ambassador contest to be held on June 9 in Valentine. This is a great program and offers opportunities for students to become stronger advocates for the beef industry.
If you have any questions please contact the NE Cattlemen’s office (ncw@necattlemen.org)
Find the application and more information here: Application
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Reminder that there is PSEP training tomorrow in Blue Hill at the Community Center starting at 1:30 p.m. Please register with the Webster County Extension Office ahead of time.
There will be an Extension Board meeting at the Blue Hill Community Center at 6:30 p.m. Monday, February 28th.
Save the date for the 2022 South Central Livestock Judging Clinic/Contest happening June 2nd at the Webster County Fairgrounds.
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Register for the SC Livestock Judging here.
Save the date for the 2022 South Central Livestock EXPO happening June 4th at the Webster County Fairgrounds.
Nebraska Extension in Webster County is pleased and excited to welcome Lindsay Waechter - Mead as the new Livestock Systems Educator for the region. Please see a message below from Lindsay.
Hello! I’m mixed animal veterinarian by trade, but I hold a great deal of pride being a 4th generation Nebraska cattlewoman, raising the 5th generation of my family on the same soil as the first. Growing up in Webster County, my family farm consisted of row crops, commercial cow/calf, farrow to finish hog production and a small commercial sheep flock. Throw in a few dozen laying hens and too many barn cats and we filled the gamut of diversified agriculture. I saw veterinary medicine as my opportunity to raise my family in the place I had always called home.
Please check out the latest articles from Extension Educator Elizabeth Exstrom below:
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Twenty-seven percent of respondents to the 2023 Nebraska Rural Poll indicated they are worse off than they were five years ago, up from 21% last year and 11% in 2021.
Jansen discusses farmland valuations with RFD-TV
September 18, 2023
In Nebraska, ag land values are up about 14 percent over last year, mirroring a nationwide rise in ag real estate prices. Click through to watch Jim Jansen, an agricultural systems economist with Nebraska Extension, talk with RFD-TV about the impact of valuations.
Nebraska Pulse Crops Conference scheduled at two locations
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The 2023 Nebraska Pulse Crops Conference will focus on field peas, chickpeas, black-eyed peas, and other pulses.
Registration Now Open for 2023 Latino Small Business Conference
September 12, 2023
The Latino Small Business Conference is set to ignite the entrepreneurial spirit and empower Latino business owners across Nebraska during its second annual run, beginning Sept. 16. The conference, held entirely in Spanish, will take place over four weekends in four cities, from Omaha to Scottsbluff.