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It’s Time to Celebrate!

The 2009 4-H year is coming to an end so it’s time to celebrate all our successes and get ready to kick off another great year!

The annual 4-H Achievement Celebration will be held Sunday, November 8 and all 4-H members, leaders and their families are invited.  The fun starts at the Tiger Bowl Bowling Alley in Tekamah at 1:30 p.m. We’ll fill up the lanes as you arrive, so if you want to bowl with someone in particular make sure you come in with them so we can use the alley’s to their full capacity.  If you have some spare change you might want to bring it along to use in the arcade area of the Tiger Bowl’s new addition.

At 3:30 we’ll shut down the bowling and head over to the Tekamah Auditorium for the awards and prizes portion of the celebration. We’ll start drawing 4-H member’s names for door prizes at 3:45, so make sure you’re there and that you get your name in the hat. By 4:45 we should be wrapping up the 4-H awards and door prizes and we’ll get the pizza and pop out for everyone to enjoy. You should be on your way home by 5:30 so you can prepare for the next week of school and work.

In order to plan for the 4-H Achievement Celebration we need to know who can attend. Please call the UNL Extension Office at 374-2929 by noon Friday, November 6 to RSVP for this activity. If it’s after office hours you may use the office voicemail. When the voicemail message starts punch in 215 to get Sharon Wimer’s desk so she can put your family on the list. We need to know how many of you can make it for the bowling and/or the pizza so we can plan according.

To make the 4-H Achievement Celebration even more fun, make sure you get recognized for what you did this year. Turn in your “My Year in 4-H” form by this Friday, October 30. This form was sent out in the September newsletter, so if you misplaced it, please give us a call at 374-2929 and we’ll fax or mail you one.

Hope your family will be able to help celebrate the end of another great 4-H year by attending the 4-H Achievement Celebration on Sunday, November 8.

 


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Extension Help for Harvest Challenges

Corn Ear Rot, Grain Mold Diseases and Grain Drying. The cooler summer temperatures and late season precipitation are exacerbating harvest challenges this year. Diseases in the corn still standing in the fields such as corn ear rot cause even more problems in stored grain and should be handled differently at harvest to prevent further losses. The pathogens that cause these diseases can continue to grow in the bin and may have dramatic impacts on quality, including the possibility of mycotoxin accumulation. View the Market Journal report (*above) or these linked CropWatch stories for information.

The unusually wet fall conditions and slow maturing grains also require many producers to consider options for drying grain. View this Market Journal report for more information and see related news stories on the CropWatch Web site homepage.

*Watch 4 min. video by clicking the Play button. For a full-screen view, click on the 2nd button from right (left of volume control).


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New comprehensive Crop Watch site

Corn harvest is underway in Nebraska, along with talk of stalk rots and lodging, residue management, and the advantages and disadvantages of stover sales. Learn more about these and other topics in the newly expanded CropWatch Web site.

  • Watch an 8 min. Market Journal report about the site by clicking the Play button on the screen to the right. For a full-screen view, click on the 2nd button from right (left of volume control).

Along with timely crop production and pest management information, CropWatch now offers in-depth, searchable information and decision-aid tools organized by crop. Access information, research results, and recommendations for the production of corn, soybeans, wheat, forages, sorghum, sugar beets, dry beans, potatoes, organics, bioenergy and alternative crops, and related topics. Written by Extension specialists and educators from across the state, CropWatch is your one-stop resource for Nebraska crop production information.
 

 


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Human cases of influenza A (H1N1) - incorrectly referred to as swine flu -  have been identified in several states, including Nebraska, and in other countries.  This is a new influenza virus that has not been identified in people or swine before, and human-to-human transmission of the virus is ongoing. For science-based  facts you should know, go to:


 

 

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