Recent Water & Crops Field Day Available Online
September 16, 2020
The UNL West Central Research, Extension and Education Center recently held their annual Water and Crops Field Day virtually. If you were unable to attend or would like to catch some of the other presentations from the day, all of the presentations are now available online.
Horsch Equipment Founder Set to Be Keynote Speaker During West Central Virtual Water & Crops Field Day
August 13, 2020
Even though the Annual Water & Crops Field Day can’t be hosted at UNL’s West Central Research, Extension & Education Center as in the past years, the event will go on as a virtual event as most others have lately due to COVID-19.
UNL-TAPS Expanding To Include Winter Wheat Competition in the Panhandle
August 28, 2019
Winter wheat production is being added to the slate of UNL-TAPS contests for the next year. The competition will debut at a kickoff meeting Friday, September 6, at the High Plains Ag Lab near Sidney.
UNL TAPS Receives Outstanding Extension Program Award
July 15, 2019
The Western Agricultural Economics Association (WAEA) recently honored the UNL-TAPS program with the Outstanding Extension Program Award for demonstrably impacting the mindset and management practices of irrigators while engaging and educating a much broader audience.
UNL-TAPS Field Tour this Thursday, June 27
June 19, 2019
View the variable rate irrigation system and the subsurface drip irrigation system used for this year's UNL-TAPS competition at the TAPS Field Tour on Thursday, June 27. There will be plenty of time to talk with contest participants and staff about this year's contest.
UNL-TAPS Participation Increasing in 2019
April 3, 2019
Over 100 participants in 49 teams will be competing in this year's UNL-TAPS competitions for irrigated corn, irrigated sorghum, and Subsurface Drip Irrigation (SDI). Based on program success in the first three years, Oklahoma State University has started OSU-TAPS.
UNL TAPS Wraps Up 2018, Looks Forward To 2019 Contests
January 28, 2019
Growers achieving top efficiency and profitability in corn and sorghum production as part of the UNL TAPS Farm Management Competition in 2018 have been announced. Sign up for the next competition, which will include a subsurface drip irrigation division, is in March.
What’s New in Entomology: West Central Nebraska
January 9, 2019
A survey of ongoing, new, and potential insect pest threats to crop production in west central Nebraska. This article is from the 2019 Crop Production Clinic Proceedings.