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Growing Corn and Soybeans to Fuel Nebraska workshop offered at five locations

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University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension's Growing Corn and Soybeans to Fuel Nebraska workshops are planned for five locations across the state.

The workshop will start with 9 a.m., registration and conclude at 3 p.m., local time. Dates, locations and local hosts are:

--Nov. 30, Barney Stone Restaurant, O'Neill, Dewey Teel, 402-87-5414, dteel1@unl.edu and Gary Stauffer, 402-336-2760, gstauffer1@unl.edu.

--Dec. 1, Wunderlich's Catering, 304 23rd St., Columbus, Aaron Nygren, 402-352-3821, anygren2@unl.edu and Allan Vyhnalek, 402-563-4901, avyhnalek2@unl.edu.

--Dec. 2, Foundation Hall, 11120 N. 141st St., Waverly, Tom Dorn, 402-441-7180, tdorn1@unl.edu.

--Dec. 3, Dawson County Extension Office, Lexington, Bruce Treffer, 308-324-5501, btreffer1@unl.edu.

--Dec. 4, Hitchcock County Fairgrounds, Culbertson, Robert Tigner, 308-882-4731, rtigner2@unl.edu and Brain Strauch, 308-345-3390, bstrauch2@unl.edu.

Topics and presenters include:

--Crop Systems Decisions, presented by the local UNL Extension educator;

--Equipment and Residue Considerations, Paul Jasa, UNL Extension engineer;

--Cellulose to Fuel, John Hay, UNL Extension educator;

--Crop Residue Values --How Much Can I Remove?, Robert Klein, UNL western Nebraska crops specialist;

--Putting Biofuels to Use, Loren Isom, UNL's Industrial Agricultural Products Center coordinator;

--How to Improve the Management Decision Process for the Whole Farming Operation, Allan Vyhnalek, UNL Extension educator, Columbus location only;

--What Does Industry Want in Our Grain for Better Ethanol?, Jerome Fagerland, NEDAK Ethanol Association, O'Neill location; ADM representative, Columbus location; Andrew Johansen, E Energy Adams, Adams, Waverly location; and speakers at Lexington and Culbertson to be announced.

--2010 Corn/Soybean Production Costs, Robert Klein, UNL western Nebraska crops specialist;

--Recognizing and Managing Corn/Soybean Diseases, Tamra Jackson, UNL Extension plant pathologist, O'Neill location, and Jennifer Rees, UNL Extension educator, Columbus, Waverly, Lexington and Culbertson locations.

--Water Management to Conserve Energy and Water, Dewey Teel, O'Neill location; Managing Water Using Watermark Sensors and the ET Gage, Aaron Nygren, Columbus location; Water Management to Conserve Energy and Water, Tom Dorn, Waverly location and Steve Melvin, Lexington location; and Crop Marketing Strategies for Profit, Brian Strauchand and Robert Tigner, Culberston location.

For more information about these workshops, contact the location's host educator or a local UNL Extension office.


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