Grow Local Field Tour 2025
The Grow Local Field Tour will include presentations about specialty crop and local food systems research at the university and a walking tour of East Campus. Presentations will include the following topics:
- Biodegradable and innovative plastic mulch films and weed barriers
- Intercropping and double cropping vegetables, strawberries and cut flowers
- Vegetable and strawberry variety trials
- Biochar, compost, cover crops and soil health
Wheat Variety Tours
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Crop Performance Testing Program Wheat Variety Tours are hosted by farmer-cooperators and university farm managers each year in conjunction with the CPT team. Tours occur at five fields across the state, from Jefferson to Banner County. All are welcome, and there is no cost to attend.
Tours will be led by agronomy and horticulture’s associate professor Cody Creech and research associate professor Amanda Easterly. UNL small grains breeder and assistant professor Katherine Frels and UNL small grains plant pathologist Stephen Wegulo along with other university researchers will be assisting. Seed industry partners will share insight on their varieties and answer questions. Different varieties are being tested across the state, and wheat team members will answer questions about variety selection, production and pest/disease concerns.
Summer Soybean Institute
At SSI you will obtain the tools to help your students become “Soybean Enthusiasts” through the exploration and inquiry of the Nebraska Soybean Story. Enjoy a mix of Content Experts from the University of Nebraska Lincoln-CASNR, the Nebraska Soybean Board, and local teacher leader collaboratives. We will learn together and apply systematic thinking about the phenomenon of Nebraska Soybeans that will lead to a gained understanding of the soybean as a system. Together we will connect your College and Career Ready standards to your classroom by developing units collaboratively with content experts and cross curricular teams that will give you the tools and support to share with your students the vast layers of the Nebraska Soybean Story.
We invite 20 Middle School and High School teachers to attend.
Nebraska Extension Weed Management Field Day
The Nebraska Extension Weed Management Field Day is held each summer at South Central Ag Lab near Clay Center. Organized by Amit Jhala, Extension Weed Management Specialist, topics vary each year.
Nebraska Crop Production Clinics
Nebraska Crop Production Clinics, held each January across Nebraska, feature research updates and information tailored to regional crop issues and grower interests. Session topics will include crop production, soil management, water management, agribusiness management, pesticide and environmental safety, pest management, pesticide application technology, cover crops, forages and agricultural technology. Pesticide applicator recertification training and Certified Crop Advisor credits are also available.
Nebraska 4Rs Nutrient Stewardship Field Day
This event features knowledge and tools to improve nutrient management, soil health, crop yields and water quality. This is a great opportunity to learn about 4Rs strategies to improve crop yield and profits while protecting the environment. Organized by Javed Iqbal, Extension Specialist and Assistant Professor of Agronomy.
Nebraska Turfgrass Field Day
The one-day in-person field day is focused on providing information, from professional turfgrass managers to homeowners. This includes current research, technical, and continuing education for turfgrass management at and around the University of Nebraska-Lincoln East Campus Turf Research Center in Lincoln.
Nebraska Flame Weeding Workshop
The Nebraska Flame Weeding Workshop will present research of proper weed flaming used to control over ten major Midwestern weeds in seven agronomic crops – field corn, sweet corn, popcorn, soybean, sorghum, sunflower and wheat.
Field days at UNL Panhandle Research & Extension Center
The Panhandle Research & Extension Center sponsors or co-sponsors events regularly such as field days, workshops, conferences, and research updates, where UNL specialists and educators and other expert speakers share research-based information with the public.