Panhandle Research, Extension & Education Center

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At the UNL Panhandle Research, Extension & Education Center, we innovate and conduct research to make life better for Nebraska ag producers, rural communities, businesses, children, and families. Our 19 program specialists, extension educators and research scientists work with local stakeholders to identify and prioritize challenges facing western Nebraska. They share ideas and collaborate with colleagues across the nation and world to discover solutions to local problems.
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PREEC Audio
A quick look at Perkins County winter pea trails
Dipak Santra, UNL alternative crops breeding specialist, discusses the Winter Pea plots at UNL Stumpf in Perkins County.
Nebraska Soil Health School: Assessing the performance of fall planted cover crop cultivars grown as monocultures vs. mixtures in west central Nebraska
UNL Graduate student Bridget McKinley discusses a research project she's working on for the performance of fall-planted cover crops.
Nebraska Soil Health School: Field pea and chickpea in wheat-fallow to improve soil health and crop yield
UNL graduate student Sujani De Silva discusses a project she's working on entitled "Field pea and chickpea in wheat-fallow to improve soil health and crop yield.”
PREEC Video
Sorting dry beans for the next generation to plant
The best dry beans are sorted by hand for planting the next generation at the Panhandle Research Extension and Education Center.
PREEC Irrigation Series: Text alerts
Xin Qiao, Nebraska Extension Irrigation, Water Management Specialist, discusses how growers can now get the Crop Water Use table by text.
PREEC Irrigation Series: Welcome
Xin Qiao, Nebraska Extension Irrigation, Water Management Specialist, discusses a new feature recently implemented, on Aug. 9, 2023, at the Peer Learning Agricultural Network website (https://phrec-irrigation.com) to help better understand soil moisture readings for capacitance soil moisture probes.
PREEC Announcements
Conference
November 20-21, 2023
Prairie Winds Community Center, 428 N Main St, Bridgeport, Nebraska
Younes Conference Center, 416 W Talmadge Rd, Kearney, Nebraska
Younes Conference Center, 416 W Talmadge Rd, Kearney, Nebraska
Nebraska Pulse Crops Conference 2023

Conference
August 1 - 3, 2023
Gering Civic Center, 1050 M St., Gering, Nebraska, USA
International Millets Conference 2023
The International Millets Conference 2023 organized by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Rutgers University, and North American Millets Alliance, will be Aug. 1 - 3, in Gering, Nebraska, USA.

