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Cass County Highlights

 

4-H members will be selling 4-H fruit from February 1 until February 23.   Contact a Cass County 4-H member to purchase fruit.  4-H leaders can stop in the office to pick up order forms or print them from the 4-H Club page.

 

 

Private Pesticide Applicator recertification (or initial certification) is scheduled for Monday, February 6, and Saturday, February 18 in the Cass County Extension Building meeting room from 1 to 4 p.m. each day.  Applicators should have received a letter from the Nebraska Department of Agriculture recently if their license expires in 2012.  For those people who cannot attend one of the two remaining Private Pesticide Safety Education Programs in Cass County, they can obtain a self-study manual from the Extension office or attend a meeting in another county.  Nebraska private pesticide training dates.

 

 

4-H Market Beef weigh-in is scheduled for Saturday, February 4, 9 to 11 a.m. on the Cass County fairgrounds.  4-H youth wanting to exhibit their market beef at State Fair or Ak-Sar-Ben will need to have DNA pulled at this time.

 

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UNL leads $25 million project targeting E. coli threat to food safetyE coli2

UNL will lead a $25 million project to reduce throughout the beef production chain the occurrence of E. coli strains that pose a major threat to public health. The USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture announced the grant today and will be part of a 1 p.m. reception at Hardin Hall. Continue reading…

Results of Soybean Management On-Farm Research soybean research

On-farm replicated research on soybean management practices was conducted as part of the 2011 Soybean Management Field Days near Bancroft (northeast), Clay Center (south central), Cortland (southeast), and Elba (central). Soybean yield can be increased by integrating the genetic potential of soybean with sustainable agronomic practices and yield-increasing practices appropriate for current field and seasonal weather conditions. The 2011 Soybean Management Field Days included trials to test various practices for:
· Effect of Foliar Fungicides and Insecticides
· Nutrient management involving starter N, foliar nutrient management, growth promoters, and related high yield practices.
· Seed treatment affect on stand, disease control, and yield.

To learn the results of these practices under Nebraska field conditions, read the summaries found for Nutrient Management , Seed Treatment, and Foliar Fungicides and Insecticides.

Research shows benefits of irrigated corn offset energy costs Cassman

Research led by UNL's Ken Cassman and Patricio Grassini shows that irrigated corn grown in Nebraska is highly efficient in the use of energy, water and fertilizer. The data was published in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Continue reading…

 

2012 Extension Community Program Lessons Now AvailableCommunity

As a leader in your community, often you are asked to present a program to club meetings, civic groups or professional organizations. Finding information for such a program and then organizing it can be challenging and time consuming. Look no further!

Faculty from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension are providing you research-based, educational program resources free-of-charge. Information in each program is based on research from educational institutions around the world. The programs provided reflect the variety of topics which our clientele cite as issues within their communities. This years programs are: Making it Happen!: Building Positive Relations with Children and Social Networking Sites: What They Are and How to Navigate Them. For more Community Program Lessons available to you, go to: Programs for Communities.

 
Upcoming Events Upcoming Events
Cass County 4-H Market Beef Weigh-In and ID
Feb 4, 9:00 AM , 
Cass County Fairgrounds
Private Pesticide Safety Education Program training
Feb 6, 1:00 PM , 
Cass County Extension Office
Private Pesticide Safety Education Program training
Feb 18, 1:00 PM , 
Cass County Extension Office
Presidents' Day - County Holiday
Feb 20, All Day , 
Cass County Extension Office
Cass County 4-H Enrollment deadline
Apr 1, All Day , 
Cass County Extension Office

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