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David Ostdiek - Former Communications Specialist, Panhandle REC

The Feb. 21 meeting, âDryland Production in the High Plains,â will provide a look at agricultural research in the region. Field days, like this one last June, also share information from HPAL.

February 8, 2019

Dryland Production on the High Plains Focus of Feb. 21 Meeting

By David Ostdiek - Former Communications Specialist, Panhandle REC

Xin Qiao (left), irrigation and water management specialist and principal investigator, and Jack Whittier, Panhandle Center Director of Research and Extension, accept the award from the Nebraska Environmental Trust fund to establish SDI research with livestock effluent.

April 26, 2019

NET Awards Grant for Subsurface Drip Irrigation System with Feedlot

By David Ostdiek - Former Communications Specialist, Panhandle REC

Figure 1. Nevin Lawrence, integrated weed management specialist, shows an individual rubber dandelion plant in the greenhouse at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Panhandle Research and Extension Center.

May 17, 2019

Can Nebraska Grow Rubber-Producing Dandelions on a Farm Scale?

By David Ostdiek - Former Communications Specialist, Panhandle REC

Field pea in the Panhandle

June 7, 2019

Winter Wheat and Pea Field Days in the Panhandle in June

By David Ostdiek - Former Communications Specialist, Panhandle REC

cropwatch graphic

June 14, 2019

UNL High Plains Ag Lab Field Day June 20

By David Ostdiek - Former Communications Specialist, Panhandle REC

Area of the North Platte River canal where the break occurred July 17.

July 18, 2019

Growers in North Platte Valley Face Critical Water Loss with Canal Damage

By Gary Stone - Extension Educator, Jessica Groskopf - Extension Educator for Agricultural Economics, David Ostdiek - Former Communications Specialist, Panhandle REC

Irrigation canal washout from tunnel collapse

July 23, 2019

Wednesday A.M. Meeting to Focus on Prospects for Collapsed Irrigation Tunnel

By David Ostdiek - Former Communications Specialist, Panhandle REC

An aerial view of the sink holes created by the July 17 tunnel collapse on the Gering-Fort Laramie/Goshen Irrigation District canal.

July 26, 2019

Update on Efforts to Restore Water to North Platte River Valley Canal

By Gary Stone - Extension Educator, Jessica Groskopf - Extension Educator for Agricultural Economics, David Ostdiek - Former Communications Specialist, Panhandle REC

Bird's eye view of repair work underway on the canal and tunnel area

August 16, 2019

Update: Tunnel Repair Continues 'Round the Clock'

By Gary Stone - Extension Educator, Jessica Groskopf - Extension Educator for Agricultural Economics, David Ostdiek - Former Communications Specialist, Panhandle REC

Excavation continues above the tunnel collapse. A series of three trench boxes, each 10 feet tall by 20 feet wide by 20 feet long will be dropped down into the space as soil is removed. (Photo courtesy the Goshen Irrigation District)

August 23, 2019

Update on Canal Repairs Affecting Growers in Nebraska and Wyoming

By Gary Stone - Extension Educator, Jessica Groskopf - Extension Educator for Agricultural Economics, David Ostdiek - Former Communications Specialist, Panhandle REC