Nebraska Extension will be hosting workshops throughout the Panhandle to help crop producers navigate Farm Bill decision tools. Workshops are limited to 10 participants per event. Register by calling 308-632-1260. Participants must bring FSA 156EZ forms and at least six years of actual yield history.

Workshop Schedule

Alliance, Dec. 1, 8-10 a.m., Alliance Library
Alliance, Dec. 1, 10 a.m-12 p.m., Alliance Library

Sidney, Dec. 2, 3-5 p.m., South Platte NRD Board Room
Sidney, Dec. 4, 8-10 a.m., South Platte NRD Board Room
Sidney, Dec. 4, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., South Platte NRD Board Room

Scottsbluff, Dec. 16, 8-10 a.m., UNL Panhandle Research and Extension Center, Monument Room 
Scottsbluff, Dec. 16, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Panhandle REC, Monument Room 
Scottsbluff, Dec. 16, 1-3 p.m., Panhandle REC, Monument Room
Scottsbluff, Dec. 16, 3-5 p.m., Panhandle REC, Monument Room

Participants will be guided through entering their individual farm data into the available decision tools. Extension Educator Jessica Johnson will help crop producers interpret the decision tool results.

Statewide, these meetings are sponsored by Nebraska Farm Bureau and Farm Credit Services of America.

The decisions to be made in the next few months regarding commodity program selection are very complex and will last for the duration of this farm bill. For the latest information about the Farm Bill visit farmbill.unl.edu.

For more information or assistance, contact Jessica Johnson, Nebraska Extension Educator at the Panhandle Research and Extension Center, 308-632-1247 or your local FSA Office.