GAGE COUNTY EXTENSION NEWSLETTER

Horticulture - Nicole Stoner

Container Gardens

Yard and Garden Live

Water Dogs Irrigation Program

Food, Nutrition & Health - Tara Dunker

Beatrice Farmers Market

Pecans: A Fun Nut to Crack

Water & Cropping Systems - Nathan Mueller

Do you still need Wheat Foliar Fungicide?

Wheat Management Field Day

4-H & Youth Development - Jacie Milius

Gage County Fair T-Shirts

Gage County Fair Volunteers Needed

Managing Forage and Cattle Price Risk Workshop

Spring planting season is upon us. An enjoyable part of a garden is a container planting, they are fun and can add a ‘pop’ of color to your landscape. I always enjoy picking out flowers for my container gardens because they can be anything I want and I prefer to use annuals in my containers for long-lasting color through the season. Read More Here.

This is the Q&A for the Yard and Garden show for April 21, 2023. Yard and Garden Live is a call-in radio show I do on KUTT 99.5 FM from 10-11:30 am and it will run through July 28. It can also be found on kutt995.com for online listening. If you missed a show or just want to read through the questions, I have written them all in my blog and will continue to do so throughout the season. Read More Here.

In the current drought situation, irrigating your lawn and landscape will be vital, but make sure you are applying the correct amount to your plants. Come to this informal program at the Beatrice Public Library on Thursday, June 29th at 6:30 pm to learn more about how to properly irrigate your landscape. Learn from Master Gardeners who have real-life experience.

• Every Thursday 4:00pm - 6:30pm until mid October The market is hosted in the Centenary United Methodist parking lot at 6th & High Streets.
• Follow along on Facebook at www.facebook.com/BeatriceFarmersMarket to get updates throughout the season.
• Whether you’ve been looking for a change of scenery on your weekly shopping trip or you’re wanting to support small businesses, this local market has you covered. Read More Here.

Put a bowl of mixed nuts in front of me, and one of the first varieties that’ll go missing are, you

guessed it: the pecans.

I’ll eat all the pecans and almonds first, work my way through the other varieties, and leave the

peanuts for someone else. I like peanuts just fine, but they definitely wouldn’t be a finalist in my

mixed nut bracket, if that was a thing. Read More Here.

Due to the dry weather, early season fungal diseases were low or not even present, i.e., no reports of stripe and leaf rust (view reports/map and take the survey yourself at https://cropwatch.unl.edu/plantdisease/wheat). I did not recommend a fungicide application prior to flowering this season, save the application and product cost. However, dependent on the near-term precipitation and irrigation applications, wheat field may still benefit from a foliar fungicide after heading at the start of flowering. Read More Here.

Nebraska Extension in Gage, Jefferson, and Saline counties is hosting a wheat management field day at Wehling Family Farms on Thursday morning, June 8, 2023, near Diller. Nathan Mueller, local Water & Integrated Cropping Systems Extension Educator, stated “The field day provides an opportunity for farmers, agronomists, and others to learn from each other about locally relevant management for wheat in southeast Nebraska.” The field day is sponsored by Nebraska Extension and Wehling Family Farms and will begin at 9:00 am and run through 11:30 am. Driving Directions from Diller: Head south on Highway 103 for 4 miles from Diller. Go one mile south of Hwy 8 on 581st Avenue, then turn west on 704th Road, field site is about ¼ west from the intersection on the south side of the road. Please preregister (not required, but helpful) to attend.

For more information or to see the agenda visit https://croptechcafe.org

Get your orders in for the county fair shirts sponsored by the Gage County Farm Bureau! The shirt orders are due on June 15th. Livestock Exhibitors contact the Extension Office to get your free shirt!

Use this link to order your shirts: go.unl.edu/gcfshowshirt

We are excited about the 2023 Gage County Fair, but we need your help to make it a success! If you would like to help with 4-H events at the fair, please see sign up links below.

If you have something specific that you would like to help with, but prefer not to use the Sign-ups, please call the office to make arrangements.

4-H Building Sign-up: https://go.unl.edu/23gcf4hbuildingsignup

Fashion Show, Table Setting & Performing Arts: https://go.unl.edu/23contestsignup

Large Animals: https://go.unl.edu/23gcflargeanimal

Small Animlas: https://go.unl.edu/23gcfsmallanimal

Questions? Contact the Extension Office (402-223-1384). Thank you in advance!

“Managing Forage and Price Risk” will begin at 10:30 a.m. on June 20, at the office of Nebraska

Extension in Gage County, 1115 W. Scott St. It is co-sponsored by First State Insurance Agency

in Beatrice. Strategies for managing drought and price risk with forage and livestock insurance programs will be discussed during an upcoming workshop in Beatrice that will be presented by the Center for Agricultural Profitability at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

HOW TO CONTACT US

For Horticulture and Entomology questions:

• E-mail Nicole Stoner at nstoner2@unl.edu

For Food, Nutrition and Health questions:

• E-mail Tara Dunker at tara.dunker@unl.edu
  

For 4-H and Youth Development questions:

• E-mail Jacie Milius at jacie.milius@unl.edu

For Water & Integrated Cropping Systems

• Email Nathan Mueller at nathan.mueller@unl.edu

For Beef Systems Questions:

• Email Wayde Pickinpaugh at wayde.pickinpaugh@unl.edu

Email: gage-county@unl.edu
Website: https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/gage/
Location: 1115 West Scott Street, Beatrice, NE, USA
Phone: 402-223-1384
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNLExtensionGageCo