University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources

September 8, 2006

UNL Extension: A one-stop information center at Husker Harvest Days

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension programs covering a wide array of issues and topics will be on display at UNL's Husker Red exhibit building at Husker Harvest Days near Grand Island Sept. 12-14. The UNL exhibit building at Lot 321 will be hosting the most exhibits from the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources that it has ever offered.

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"Exhibits target key topics and issues impacting Nebraskans. We're a one-stop information center," said Larry Schulze, IANR Husker Harvest Days coordinator and UNL pesticide education specialist.

New this year are ornamental plantings of grasses, wildflowers and shrubs for Nebraskans to consider for their own landscapes.

"Watch this garden walkway grow and become beautiful over the next few years," said Schulze. "We like seeing people and answering questions. Our exhibits are oriented to maximizing agricultural production efficiently and maintaining our high quality of life. Nebraskans have been learning at our exhibits since the first Husker Harvest Days in 1978," Schulze said.

Also new are interactive horticulture highlight discussions with UNL Extension specialists. Exhibits focus on topics such as college, classrooms and courses for students; linking producers and markets; livestock waste management with vegetative treatment systems; soybean rust; CropWatch; UNL Food Processing Center; managing soybean aphids; precision agriculture and technology; food temperatures for safe food; national I.D. tags for animal health; UNL's veterinary science major with Iowa State University, summer rainfall and drought; managing plant pathogens; WeedSoft; quarter-scale tractors; test kits for toxic algae; student careers; 4-H; Nebraska's LEAD program; pesticide safety and security; ag and natural resources economics and many others.

Potential UNL students can learn about enrollment and educational opportunities with representatives from the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, School of Natural Resources and Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture. Information on all IANR courses of study will be available.

UNL will host a news conference for Gov. Dave Heineman and Nebraska Department of Agriculture director Greg Ibach at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 13, at the UNL exhibit building. The event will be carried live on UNL's Market Journal Web site at http://marketjournal.unl.edu. IANR's Market Journal program will deliver live Internet programs from its showground studio.

Schulze said attendees can watch these programs produced for broadcast online at http://MarketJournal.unl.edu. One-hour programs will be broadcast twice daily during the show. Times and topics are: