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January 2023
Grain Bin Safety Training to be Offered at Haskell Ag Lab - February 8th

Make plans now to attend this very important training. Details and registration information in flyer below. A meal will be included.

ABC Workshop Held at Haskell Ag Lab Jan. 9th

Attendees learned much about the new Agricultural Budget Calculator (ABC), an enterprise budgeting tool developed by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Department of Agricultural Economics and the Center for Ag Profitability. ABC is a free online program where farm managers and producers can download UNL’s budgets, then modify them with their own prices of material inputs, field operations, costs of machinery, repairs, labor, and other expenses, plus add their projected revenue to calculate returns above cash and all costs. Cost of production calculations and net revenue projections can be estimated by crop or by field or farm. Extension Educator, Glennis McClure, conducted the workshop.

Please plan to join us at the Haskell Ag Lab for Coffee and Conversations on Tuesday, February 14 at 9 AM. Please invite friends and neighbors to attend with you. If you have ideas for other presentations at Coffee & Conversations, please share with us.
Private Pesticide Trainings at Haskell Ag Lab

February 23rd - 1 p.m.
April 6th - 6 p.m.

Cost: $50 at the door. Plan to arrive 15 minutes prior to start of training to sign in. Questions: Call the Dixon County Extension Office at 402-584-2234.


Other area trainings can be found at: https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/cedar/2023%20pesticide%20schedule%20FINAL.pdf
Cedar View Golf Course Benefits from Grant of 10 Free Trees 

Thanks to the Ten Free Trees program, an effort of the Nebraska Forest Service and the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, Laurel Tree Board received 10 trees for the Cedar View Golf Course project. Chad Johnson, Head Greenkeeper has removed 20-plus trees these past few years due to old age, danger from falling branches and a few from disease. In addition, the extreme drought of 2022 is causing additional stress on trees of all ages and species. These 10 trees will help to repopulate the lost trees and fill in areas that will see trees removed in the future.

Plans are being made to remove additional trees that have died this summer. Cedar View Country Club has several different varieties of trees including deciduous, evergreen and flowering trees that add to the beauty of the city and enjoyment from its citizens and visitors to the golf course. These trees will help the City keep green areas well into the future.

On Friday, Nov. 11, the Laurel Tree Board hosted a coffee at the Laurel Vets Club to celebrate the 10 Free Tree’s award, and to share information on the program and other community-tree issues. Anna Keenan, Associate Community Forester with UNL presented information to those who attended on the 10 Free Trees program, and also on the Emerald Ash Borer.

Despite providing a wide range of social, economic and environmental benefits, most Nebraska community forests have been in steady and sometimes dramatic decline. Many challenges contribute, including extreme weather, insects, disease and lack of diversity. The Emerald Ash borer is the latest major challenge added to the list. In an effort to stop this decline and increase community forest resilience, the Free Trees program grants up to 10 high quality trees for tree-related educational events and community celebrations promoting trees and fall planting.

In addition to simply planting more trees, the program goals include increasing appreciation and awareness of the value of community forests in Nebraska. Special emphasis is placed on species diversity and higher impact projects, especially street tree planting and projects in neighborhoods of highest need. Ten Free Trees is supported by the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum’s Trees for Nebraska Towns Initiative funded by the Nebraska Environmental Trust, and a U.S. Forest Service Landscape Scale Restoration grant received by the Nebraska Forest Service.























Chad Johnson plants a tree at Cedar View Golf Course in September. Trees were made available thanks to a grant from the Nebraska Forest Service and Nebraska Statewide Arboretum. 


Land Application Trainings Set for 2023
By: Leslie Johnson, Animal Manure Management Extension Educator
 
The Animal Manure Management team has announced the locations and dates for land application training events in 2023. These sessions will take place between February 18 and March 28.
 
While not every livestock operation is required to attend these trainings, for those operations that hold permits from the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy, these events meet the continuing education needs laid out in Nebraska regulations. Even for those that aren’t required to attend, the information provided at the meetings is good for all livestock operations.
 
Let me back up a bit and explain a bit about manure regulations and permits for livestock operations. The document where most manure regulations can be found is called title 130 and the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy is the agency that oversees those regulations. Livestock operations can have two kinds of permits relative to manure, a construction and operating permit or a NPDES permit. Whether or not the operation needs to have a permit and the type of permit if required is dependent on a number of factors on the operation, including the number of animals. Both types of permits, though, require participation in Land Application Training every 5 years. The ultimate goal of both permits and all current manure regulations in Nebraska is to keep our water clean, both surface water like lakes and streams, and groundwater that we use for drinking.
 
So, since the regulations focus on clean water, the focus of the manure training events is also clean water. Our team does our best to make sure that we’re showing folks ways to manage manure to minimize water impacts while maintaining the profitability of their operation to the best of their ability. Because over-application of nutrients leads to those nutrients getting into our water supply, during the training events we practice how to calculate nutrient availability from manure. By knowing nutrient availability, we can choose an application rate so that manure is applied to meet the needs of the next crop without excess nutrients that lead to water contamination and cost money.
 
One of the most popular concepts that we discuss during the program is the agronomic value of manure. Looking at the nutrients needed on the field, we put a dollar value on each nutrient to determine how many fertilizer dollars we have actually saved by applying manure. Then we compare this number to the cost of transporting that manure to the field where it is needed. With this approach, we often find it is economical to transport manure further than we have traditionally gone.  
 
Area locations include Norfolk on February 15, West Point on March 7, O’Neill on March 14, and Columbus on March 28. Pre-registration is required for all events and will cost $75 per operation. Multiple people may attend from an operation under the $75 operation fee, but all individuals must be registered. Learn more and register at water.unl.edu/lat. We look forward to seeing you.
Employee Spotlight

Agnes Kurtzhals is a Communications Associate Temp. Worker for the Animal Manure Management Department and Haskell Ag Lab. Agnes spends most of her time working on the Livestock and Poultry Environmental Learning Community (LPELC) website, newsletter, and social medias. She also works on programs with the Animal Manure Management Team. The rest of her time is spent helping with HAL events.
Save the Dates for events at the Haskell Ag Lab

Arbor/Earth Day Spring Fling - Saturday, April 29th - More details will be coming in future newsletters.

Haskell Ag Lab Family Field Day - Thursday, August 10 - More information will be coming in future newsletters.
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Click this link and complete this form and submit. We will look at all suggestions and requests. The form is available at:  https://go.unl.edu/halsuggest

You can also reach us by phone at 402-584-2261 with your suggestions/requests for programs.

 
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