Risk Management Meetings March 8-10
February 25, 2010
Learn more about crop risk management options and visit with experts at a series of March meetings in south central and southeast Nebraska. With the March 15 crop insurance deadline just around the corner, these meetings offer producers an opportunity to address those last minute questions.
CropWatch, Feb. 17, 2010: March 4 Workshop Covers Tools for Improving Manure Management
February 17, 2010
A March 4 UNL Extension workshop on "Tools for Improving Manure Management" will be at the Agricultural Research and Development Center near Mead from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
CropWatch, Feb. 17, 2010: UNL Offers Two Organic Farming Workshops
February 17, 2010
Two days of organic farming workshops March 5 and 19 at the Lifelong Learning Center, 601 E. Benjamin Ave., in Norfolk will give participants the tools they need to farm organically.
CropWatch, Feb. 17, 2010: UNL Extension Offers Crop Scout Training in March
February 17, 2010
Crop scouts will learn how to better manage corn and soybean pests during a UNL Extension Crop Scout Training for Pest Managers program March 16 at UNL's Agricultural Research and Development Center near Mead.
The training provides in-depth and detailed information from university specialists.
CropWatch, Feb. 5, 2010: Nebraska No-till Conferences Feb. 16-17
February 5, 2010
Soils and fertility will be among the focus topics of this year's Nebraska No-Till Conference.
The conference is from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 16 at the Ag Center in Holdrege and Feb. 17 at UNL's Agricultural Research and Development Center near Mead. Registration begins at 9 a.m.
Corn Utilization and Distribution of Surplus Distillers Grain
February 12, 2010
On this week’s Market Journal, UNL ag economist Dennis Conley looks at UNL research on current and projected use of dried distillers grains and the potential for marketing surplus production nationally. His study shows there's a market for distillers grain, given the right mix of costs and income.
CropWatch, Feb. 3, 2010: Market Journal: Wind Farms, Cornhusker Economics Outlook Conference
February 5, 2010
A new University of Nebraska-Lincoln "Market Journal" program will be broadcast on NET this weekend and is available on the Web at marketjournal.unl.edu Podcasting is also now available from the Web site.
On this week's Market Journal: