Glennis McClure

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Glennis McClure joined the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Agricultural Economics as an Extension Educator for Farm and Ranch Management Analytics in November, 2017. Responsibilities in this position include publishing livestock and crop enterprise budgets, surveying and publishing the Farm Custom Rates Guide, and assisting with special economic analyses in the department.<br><br>Glennis joined the University of Nebraska after a three year stint as Executive Director and then Senior Development Coordinator at NGage, the economic development organization serving Beatrice and Gage County, Nebraska. Prior to NGage, Glennis served as Vice President and Program Manager for the Nebraska Enterprise Fund (NEF). NEF is a Certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that provides loan capital to small businesses and programs.<br><br>Other career experiences include a two year appointment as the Senior Community Affairs Advisor with the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Omaha Branch. From 1999 to 2006, Glennis served as a business specialist and co-director of the REAP program, and earlier in her career taught agri-business at Southeast Community College and was a farm business consultant with the Nebraska Farm Business Association (NFBA). While with the NE Farm Business Association, Glennis worked with sixty farm families in southeast Nebraska to provide enterprise and whole farm business analysis along with tax management and preparation services.<br><br>Both her Bachelor and Master degrees are from UNL. Glennis currently serves on the Campus Statewide Promotion Committee, Nebraska Cooperative Extension Association board and as an active member of the NCEA Agricultural Section. Other memberships include the Wymore-Blue Springs Area Fund Advisory Committee and Chair of the Southern Gage Kiwanis group. Recent memberships include: Chair of Gage County’s Tourism Advisory Committee (2006 - 2020) and member of the Nebraska Economic Developers Association, treasurer of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church – Wymore (25+ years), Beatrice Rotary, and the University of Nebraska President’s Advisory Committee member (2015-17).<br><br>Glennis resides near Blue Springs on their family farm with her husband Ed. They have 3 married children and seven grandkids.

icon-academic-capEducation

  • MA, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 1996
  • BS, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 1981

icon-chat-userCourses

  • AECN 896, Special Topics in Agricultural Economics; Enterprise Anlys:Ag Producers, Fall 2022

icon-business-chartResearch & Grants

  • Effective Budgeting, Negotiation, and Management Strategies for Agricultural Land, North Central Extension Risk Management Education Center, April 2020

icon-bookmark-starAwards & Honors

  • Excellence in Extension Team Award - Soybean Management Field Days, UNL Extension, 2019

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Courtesy U.S. Drought Monitor

USDA Designates Four Nebraska Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

October 14, 2021
Chase, Dundy, Hayes and Hitchcock counties were designated as primary natural disaster areas due to prolonged or extreme drought intensity throughout the growing season. Several other counties were also named as contiguous counties eligible for aid. 

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#NField Observations for October 2021

October 14, 2021
This week, Ben Beckman discusses various fall grazing management strategies using cool-season and warm-season plants.

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Farm land
Preston Keres, USDA (Flickr/Public Domain)

USDA Reports on Rising Land Values and County-Level Cash Rent Estimates for Nebraska in 2021

October 14, 2021
Recent findings from the USDA-National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Nebraska’s farm real estate value, which incorporates the average value of all agricultural land and buildings in 2021, increased by 11% to an average of $3,100 per acre.

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Farmers in tractor
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Returning to the Farm Workshop Set for Dec. 10, 11

October 14, 2021
The workshop will assist families and operations in developing financial plans and successful working arrangements to meet their unique needs by identifying estate planning issues and developing transition plans, setting goals and improving the communication process.  

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Farmers in field

Benchmarking — What Can We Learn from Others?

October 14, 2021
Organizing our farm and ranch production and financial data and then utilizing this information to look back historically and to benchmark with others, provides a way to measure our operation’s financial health and assist in important management decisions.

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Yucca plants
Herbicides are most effective against yucca infestations when applied in spring or summer on individual plants or small patches.

Pasture and Forage Minute: Managing Prussic Acid, Yucca and Fall Irrigation

October 12, 2021
In this week's article, educators review concerns on prussic acid development in sorghum plants, herbicide control for soapweeds in grazing lands and irrigating alfalfa this fall to help with stand stress.

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Grain sorghum
Stalk grazing this fall should begin with corn residue and then transition to grain sorghum stovers, as corn leaves will blow out of fields within a couple months post-harvest, whereas grain sorghum leaves usually remain attached through winter and into early spring.

Pasture and Forage Minute: Fall Grazing and Pasture Management

October 5, 2021
Extension Educator Todd Whitney explains why it's best to graze grain sorghum stover before corn residue, plus a rundown on improving hay and crop residue through ammoniation and proper care of fall pastures for best plant health through the winter.

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Research fields map
On the left, a comparison of participating fields in 2020 (a) and 2021 (b). On the right, total area of participating fields in 2020 (c) and distribution of individual field sizes in 2021 (d).

Panhandle Learning Agricultural Network (PLAN) Aims to Increase Farmer Adoption of Field-based Sensors

October 7, 2021
PLAN aims to use sensors, low-cost telemetry such as Internet of Things (IoT), localized algorithms, and an interactive data display and processing interface to better serve the farming community in the Nebraska Panhandle.

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