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Hosted by Samantha Teten and Jackson Stansell — graduate students in UNL's Department of Biological Systems Engineering and Nebraska Extension Digital Agriculture team members — FarmBits Podcast is a weekly series highlighting new innovations and trends in digital agriculture through interviews with academic experts, farmers and industry specialists.

FarmBits Podcast: Experimentation for Optimization

March 11, 2021
In this week’s episode of FarmBits Podcast, Nebraska Extension Educator Laura Thompson discusses the dos and don'ts of conducting research trials on your own farm and why on-farm research will provide valuable insights for your operation.

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2021: Agricultural Risk Coverage or Price Loss Coverage for Corn Base Acres?

March 4, 2021
With the Farm Programs deadline quickly approaching, Extension experts offer advice on choosing between Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC).

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Extension Offering Free Online Quickbooks, Quicken Training for Ag Producers

March 2, 2021
Two online courses from Nebraska Extension aim to equip farmers and ranchers with the skills and tools needed to improve financial record-keeping for their operations.

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Figure 1. Corn planted into green rye terminated at planting.

Planting Green Questionnaire – Simple Analysis

February 18, 2021
New survey and sharing results from the 2020 survey of Midwestern agriculturalists when planting soybean and corn into green cover crops.

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Free Farm and Ag Law Clinics Set for March

February 18, 2021
Free legal and financial clinics are being offered for farmers and ranchers across the state in March 2021, providing one-on-one meetings with an agricultural law attorney and an agricultural financial counselor.

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Nebraska Land Link Now Accepting Applications

February 17, 2021
A new application period is now open for Nebraska Land Link — a program that aims to connect new and beginning farmers and ranchers with retiring landowners.

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Soybean harvest by the Spohn Farms combine crew near Friend, Neb. Oct. 3, 2016. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication Photography.

Extension Landlord-Tenant Cash Rent Workshops Rescheduled as Virtual Meetings

December 17, 2020
Nebraska Extension will hold a series of virtual landlord-tenant cash rent workshops in lieu of in-person meetings that were scheduled for February.

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Free Farm and Ag Law Clinics Set for January

December 17, 2020
Free legal and financial clinics are being offered for farmers and ranchers across the state in January 2021, providing one-on-one meetings with an agricultural law attorney and an agricultural financial counselor.

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