TAPS Banquet to Celebrate 2021 Competitions
December 14, 2021
At this year's banquet, TAPS organizers will discuss the findings from the 2021 competitions, present data derived from teams’ decisions and honor the award recipients for each contest.
2022 Crop Production Clinics Begin Jan. 5
December 14, 2021
The 2022 session topics include crop production, insect management, pesticide safety, disease management, soil fertility, water management, weed management, agribusiness management and marketing, and will include training for pesticide applicator recertification.
Stoltenow Named Dean and Director of Nebraska Extension
December 14, 2021
Currently the assistant director of extension for agriculture and natural resources at North Dakota State University, Stoltenow will begin his duties as the new dean and director of Nebraska Extension on Jan. 1, 2022.
Pasture and Forage Minute: Preparing Alfalfa for Snow, Controlling Eastern Red Cedar Trees
December 13, 2021
Extension educators discuss the importance of snow cover to alfalfa and how to prepare your fields for Mother Nature's insulation, and using prescribed burning to control Eastern red cedar trees in Nebraska.
Private Pesticide Training Schedule for 2022; Several Changes in Permitting Process
December 13, 2021
There are several updates to the process of obtaining private pesticide applicator licenses this year, for both first-time and recertification applicants.
![This photo illustrates growth differences of two fungal pathogens and how they are identified from the Disease Index. Characteristic hyphal growth in culture of Aphanymyces cochliodes (right) and Rhizoctonia solani (left) emerging from infected seedlings plated at the same time in the plant pathology lab. Microscopic fungal pathogens](https://cropwatch.unl.edu/styles/large/public/images/hero/2021/2021-12-17-soil-disease-index.jpg?itok=5aazZUsa)
Soil Disease Index, Tool for Managing Sugarbeet Diseases, Available for Growers
December 13, 2021
Since 2003, the UNL Panhandle Research and Extension Center has offered a pre-plant soil test to producers who need to identify soilborne sugarbeet pathogens in fields that will be planted to sugarbeets.
Public Health and Water Quality Webinar Series Offered in January, February 2022
December 10, 2021
This series provides a closer look at water safety issues — the path of contamination and resulting health impacts, and how state and federal government agencies are addressing water safety concerns.
![Hosted by graduate students in UNL's Department of Biological Systems Engineering and Nebraska Extension Digital Agriculture team members, FarmBits Podcast is a weekly series highlighting new innovations and trends in digital agriculture through interviews with academic experts, farmers and industry specialists. FarmBits podcast episode banner](https://cropwatch.unl.edu/styles/large/public/images/hero/2021/2021-12-17-farmbits-conservation.png?itok=Pouzfk5b)
FarmBits Podcast: Precision Conservation Conversation
December 10, 2021
UNL Assistant Professor Andrew Little discusses precision conservation and the work that he and his lab team are doing to further conservation practices using digital agriculture.