Keith Jarvi

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57905 866 Rd Concord NE 68728-2828
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Work 402-584-3819 On campus, dial 7-3819
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Location: Dixon, Wayne, Cedar and Knox Counties
Focus Area: Crops - Integrated Pest Management
Issue Team Co-Leader: Adopting Management Strategies to Deal with Resistant and Invasive Pests
Focus Resources: CropWatch.unl.edu, Water.unl.edu

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Eighty-three 2021 UNL Crop Budgets Available

December 3, 2020
Updated annually, and available in both PDF and Excel formats, these budgets are a valuable resource to Nebraska producers for managing the financial side of their crop production operation.

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Manure application on frozen or snow-covered soil poses a higher risk of nutrient loss through runoff.

Tips for Winter Manure Application

December 2, 2020
A blanket of fresh white snow and icicles hanging from the trees and fences make for beautiful winter photos. They don’t, however, make for beautiful manure application weather.

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Industrial Hemp Tolerance to Flame Weeding

November 30, 2020
Hemp exhibited relatively good tolerance to heat from propane flaming. Temporary injury could be considered acceptable since it was only at the base of the plants and lasted only for about two weeks.

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Women Managing Ag Land Conference, Now Virtual, is Dec. 2

November 19, 2020
The upcoming Women Managing Ag Land Conference will now be a be completely virtual experience. The event is still set for Dec. 2, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Central Time.

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Free Farm and Ag Law Clinics Set for December

November 19, 2020
Free legal and financial clinics are being offered for farmers and ranchers across the state in December 2020. The clinics are one-on-one meetings with an agricultural law attorney and an agricultural financial counselor. These are not group sessions, and they are confidential.

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Cornhusker Economics: Tax Planning 2020

November 19, 2020
With harvest wrapping up or complete, it is time to finish the last bits of 2020 operation tasks. Many of these tasks are part of tax planning. This article is a brief summary of some of the topics to discuss with your tax preparer before year-end.

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Managing Diseases Starts NOW with Seed Selection

November 19, 2020
Now is the perfect time to think about how you can minimize diseases next growing season. Planting disease-resistant hybrids and varieties may be a more economical way to manage certain diseases, reduce disease severity and reduce dependence on pesticides.

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USDA NASS to Collect 2020 Crop Production and Stocks Data

November 19, 2020
As the 2020 growing season comes to an end, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will contact producers nationwide to gather final year-end crop production numbers and the amount of grain and oilseeds stored on their farms.

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