2024 Family Field Day at Haskell Ag Lab
August 1, 2024
The field day will have a variety of activities for families, including presentations and demos on farm safety, rockets, STEM activities, grain bin safety, precision ag, archery, and horticulture.
![Attendees gather to listen to a presentation during a past South Central Agricultural Laboratory Field Day. Presentations during the 2024 SCAL Field Day will include technologies for irrigation scheduling, corn and soybean disease updates, optimizing nitrogen use efficiency via sensor-based fertigation, and more. (Department of Agronomy and Horticulture photo) People gather at field's edge to listen to presentation](https://cropwatch.unl.edu/styles/large/public/images/hero/2024/2024-07-26-scal-field-day-figure-1.jpg?itok=XrobyFxV)
South Central Agricultural Lab Field Day Kicks Off Aug. 8
July 25, 2024
This year's SCAL Field Day features a live demonstration of John Deere's new camera-based weed detection technology, See and Spray™.
![Visit the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/CropWatchBioenergy" target="_blank">CropWatch YouTube channel</a> for resources on bioenergy systems, including presentations on cost analysis, economics, lease considerations and more. Solar panels in front of corn field](https://cropwatch.unl.edu/styles/large/public/images/hero/2024/solar-panels-corn-field.png?itok=Z2_iYJkE)
Hands-on Solar Design and Installation Workshop Set for Aug. 15-16
July 23, 2024
Open to the public, the workshop will cover basic solar design, installation and economic analysis of grid-connected behind the meter solar PV systems.
Bean Growers Day in Grant Scheduled for August
July 23, 2024
A new Nebraska Extension event, Bean Growers Day will focus on sharing research and industry updates on various dry bean production topics, including management of weeds, pests, irrigation and soil fertility.
New Format for Nebraska Soybean Management Field Days
July 23, 2024
New in 2024, three of the four Soybean Management Field Days will be hosted during evening hours at sites across eastern and central Nebraska.
Weed Control in Corn and Soybean Topics of Field Day
July 11, 2024
The 2024 Weed Management Field Day highlighted the latest extension research, including recommendations on pre-emergence herbicides for Palmer amaranth in soybean and herbicides for herbicide-resistant weeds in corn.
Nebraska Extension Offers Dual Meetings on Agriculture Drones in August 2024
June 20, 2024
Two back-to-back drone conferences in August will give producers the opportunity to see live demos and hear important information about regulations, spray drone applications and more.
Ag Tech Focus of Agronomy Youth Field Day July 9 in Curtis
June 11, 2024
Free to attend, this field day will teach Nebraska youth more about how agriculture is changing with precision technology.