Cane Hay 8-7-09
August 7, 2009
Cane hay and other summer annual grasses have grown rapidly this summer.
It's best to cut cane hay or hay from other summer annual grasses relatively early — when it's about waist high. You'll get higher protein and energy content, faster drying, and better palatability.
Pasture Goats 8-7-09
August 7, 2009
Lower Input Costs and Add Income
A person's perspective can make all the difference when it comes to weed control. As a grower, you may see a pasture with leafy spurge, yucca, cedar trees, or musk thistle and think, "added time, input costs, headaches, and the potential for noxious weed issues."
Gudmundsen 8-7-09
August 7, 2009
UNL's Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory's 10th annual open house will be from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Aug. 26 near Whitman.
Organic Even 8-7-09
August 7, 2009
Tours of organic farms August 20 near Mead and Abie will offer the latest updates and research information about the UNL Organic Working Group research and project. The tour starts at 10:30 a.m. at the Forestry Research Area at UNL's Agricultural Research and Development Center near Mead.followed by farm tours in the afternoon.
Solution Days 8-7-09
August 7, 2009
Research-based solutions will be discussed and practically demonstrated in-field at Solution Day 2009. The all day event will be Aug. 28 at the Syngenta Learning Center Site near York.
Crop Breeding Classes 8-7-09
August 7, 2009
UNL’s Department of Agronomy and Horticulture is offering four plant breeding mini-courses this year for seed industry personnel, producers and other agribusiness professionals.
SCN Field Days 8-7-09
August 7, 2009
Last year soybean cyst nematodes cost Nebraska soybean growers more than $25 million in yield losses, often without being detected.
Irrigation Event 8-7-09
August 7, 2009
An Irrigation and Energy Conservation Field Day will be held at UNL's Haskell Agricultural Laboratory near Concord August 26.