Noel Mues, Extension Educator

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Furnas County

 

Several new risk management tools have been developed for use by farmers and agricultural managers to help better position themselves for 2010.

 

2010 Crop Budgets – The UNL Extension Crop Budgets have been updated for 2010. The new budgets reflect changes in input costs and include industry advances such as SmartStax® seed. There are a total of 48 budgets available for corn, soybeans, alfalfa, wheat, grain sorghum, sunflowers, sugarbeets, dry beans, sorghum sudan, millet, pasture, oats, grass and grass hay.

 

Featured Resource:  The history of land values and rental rates in Nebraska show they vary by geographic location and they are dynamic. Land value data is collected annually by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the Nebraska Farm Business Association, and published in various reports including the Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market Developments 2008-2009.

 

Data from these reports offer a perspective view of the agricultural land markets, trends in buyer/seller characteristics, changes in land values, and changes in rental rates. 

 

For information on the 2010 Crop Budgets, land use, land values, and rental rates, please go to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln CropWatch marketing and economics website. http://cropwatch.unl.edu/web/economics/home

 

Dates and Locations for Private Pesticide Certification:

 

Furnas County

                                                                                                 

                                                                                                  Fe22Feb 24 - Holbrook - Community Building - 1:00  p.m.

                                                                                                  Feb. Feb 24 - Holbrook - Community Building - 6:00  p.m.

                                                                                                  Mar.Mar 3 - Cambridge - Community Building - 1:00  p.m.

 

Gosper County

 

Feb. 12 - Elwood -Fairgrounds - 1:00 p.m.

Mar. 4 - Elwood - Fairgrounds - 1:00 p.m.

 

Phelps County

                                                                                                  Date

                                                                                                  Mar. Feb 9  - Holdrege - Phelps Co. Ext Office - 7:00  p.m.

 

Red Willow County

                                                                                                  Date

                                                                                                  Mar. Feb 15 - McCook - Fair Grounds Comm. Bldg. - 1:00 p.m.

April 5 - Indianola - Community Bldg.  - 6:00 p.m.