The 2026 Nebraska Extension On-Farm Research Results meeting for the Panhandle is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 26, at the Knight Museum, 908 Yellowstone Ave., Alliance.
Topics for this year’s meeting include results from the 2025 on-farm grower research projects in the Panhandle. These include a dry bean variety trial, three years results on dry bean inoculant studies, three years results on Pod Ceal® dry bean harvest aid studies, a black-eyed pea population study, and two studies with compost tea on winter wheat. The meeting will also include a Palmer Amaranth management presentation by Dr. Nevin Lawrence from the Panhandle Research and Extension Center.
The On-Farm Research Results publication will be given to attendees, and studies concerning cover crops, crop production, fertility and soil management, equipment, and crop protection from across the state will be reviewed as they pertain to the Panhandle.
The meeting is free of charge and includes lunch. Register by calling 308-762-5616.
The Nebraska Extension On-Farm Research Network (NOFRN) is a robust research program by farmers, for farmers. In collaboration between UNL Extension faculty and local Nebraska farmers, answering questions and current pressing concerns, and also pushing for research for potential problems that may become issues in the future. The focus of the NOFRN is to provide replicated, tangible research for Nebraska farmers that can be translated to our state.
