Gage County Extension

October 2023

In This Issue:

Announcements

Office Closed

Food, Nutrition, & Health Educator

Horticulture - Nicole Stoner

Workshop on Tree Planting

Fall Ready- Tall Tree Program

GroBigRed Programming

Fall Invading Insects

4-H & Youth Development - Jacie Milius

National 4-H Week

Water and Integrated Cropping Systems- Nathan Mueller

Winter Wheat Planting Recommendations

Announcements

Food, Nutrition, & Health Educator

Tara Dunker, the Food, Nutrition, and Health Educator from Gage County has resigned from the Gage County Extension Office. She will be working with the UNL's Department of Nutrition and Health Studies in partnership with Extension as an NEP Evaluation Extension Educator. Nebraska Extension intends to refill this position. We will miss Tara and wish her the best in her new position with Extension.

Horticulture with Nicole

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GroBigRed Programming in October

Join us at 7:00 p.m. for GROBigRed Virtual Learning Series & @UNLExtension experts Free Webinars! Register at http://go.unl.edu/grobigred

Tuesday, October 10th- Solutions Gardening, Sarah Browning

Tuesday, October 17th- Shade Tree Pruning, Elizabeth Exstrom

Tuesday, October 24th- Fruits in Home Garden, John Porter

Fall Ready Yard program at Tall Tree Tastings in Beatrice on Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 6pm

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Fall Invading Insects

It is fall, which means all the outdoor insects will start coming inside or bothering us more when we enjoy the cooler weather in the evening. Fall-invading insects are just another thing to deal with, but they can be managed. Continue Reading.

4-H & Youth Development with Jacie

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Find Your Spark! National 4-H Week - Oct 1-7

National 4-H Week is right around the corner! This year's celebration will take place October 1-7. Start planning your celebration now!

We recognize over 400 families in Gage County, the time donated by all our volunteer leaders, the fantastic support of hundreds of businesses and organizations across the county, and many others for countless ways you support 4-H youth. We work with the greatest people in the state of Nebraska!

Water & Integrated Cropping Systems with Nathan

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Winter Wheat Planting Recommendations

Winter wheat is the 4th most- grown crop in Gage, Jefferson, & Saline counties after corn, soybean, and alfalfa. There were approximately 12,000 acres of wheat grown in 2022 with 4,271 acres in Gage, 5,620 acres in Jefferson, and 2,560 acres in Saline. I discussed winter wheat variety recommendations in my August 30th article which can be read at croptechcafe.org/winter-wheat-variety-selection-fall-2023

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