Extension and FSA Farm Bill Education Meetings Start Soon - More Locations Added

Extension and FSA Farm Bill Education Meetings Start Soon - More Locations Added

Nebraska Extension and the USDA Farm Service Agency in Nebraska are hosting a series of Farm Bill education meetings over the next two months to assist producers as they begin to make farm-bill related program decisions. The meetings will reach every part of the state and include the 28 original announced locations plus six additonal locations planned through local Extension and FSA collaboration in Araphoe, Benkelman, Fairbury, Geneva, Saline Center, Scottsbluff.

Registration for all of the meetings is free, but advance regisration online is encouraged to help plan for local accomodations. The full list of remaining meetings is included in the calendar on farmbill.unl.edu along with a link to the online registration page. The meetings are also listed below for reference:

 Panhandle/North Central

  • Ainsworth – Ainsworth Lutheran Church - December 16, 2-5 PM
  • Alliance - Newberry's - November 18, 9 AM - 12 NOON
  • Bridgeport - Prairie Winds Community Center - November 22, 2-5 PM
  • Chadron - Chadron State College – December 17, 1:30-4:30 PM
  • Ogallala - Keith County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall - December 12, 1-4 PM
  • Scottsbluff - Panhandle Research and Extension Center - November 22, 9 AM-12 NOON
  • Valentine - Mid Plains Community College - December 16, 9 AM-12 NOON

 Southwest/Central

  • Arapahoe - Ella Missing Community Center - November 22, 1-4 PM
  • Benkelman - Dundy County Fairgrounds - November 25, 1:30-4:30 PM
  • Broken Bow - Custer County Fairgrounds - December 16, 1-4 PM
  • Imperial - Chase County Fairgrounds 4-H Building - November 26, 1:30-4:30 PM
  • Kearney - Buffalo County Fairgrounds Antelope Meeting Room - December 17, 1-4 PM
  • Lexington - Dawson County Fairgrounds Extension Meeting Room - December 2, 1-4 PM
  • McCook - Red Willow County Fairgrounds Community Building - December 3, 1:30-4:30 PM
  • North Platte - UNL West Central Research and Extension Center - December 18, 1:30-4:30 PM
  • Ord - Valley County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall - December 4, 1-4 PM

Northeast

  • Bloomfield - Community Center - December 2, 1:30-4:30 PM
  • Columbus - Ag Park - December 4, 9 AM-12 NOON
  • O'Neill - Community Center - December 3, 9 AM-12 NOON
  • Norfolk - Northeast Community College Lifelong Learning Center - December 18, 1-4 PM
  • Wayne - Wayne Fire Hall - December 16, (2 meetings) 1-4 PM or 6-9 PM
  • West Point - Nielsen Center - December 9, 9 AM-12 NOON

East Central

  • Grand Island - College Park Fonner Park Room - December 5, 1-4 PM
  • Mead – UNL Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center - December 3, 9 AM-12 NOON
  • Scribner - Dodge County Fairgrounds Mohr Auditorium - December 11, 9 AM-12 NOON
  • York - York County Fairgrounds Cornerstone Building - December 6, 9 AM-12 NOON

 Southeast

  • Beatrice - Gage County Fairgrounds 4-H Building – December 17, 9 AM-12 NOON
  • Bruning - Bruning Opera House - December 5, 1:30-4:30 PM
  • Fairbury - Jefferson County Fairgrounds 4-H Building - December 4, 1-3 PM
  • Geneva - Fillmore County Fairgrounds - December 18, 9 AM-12 NOON
  • Humboldt - Ag Building – December 12, 9 AM-12 NOON
  • Lincoln - Lancaster County Extension Center - December 16, 9 AM-12 NOON
  • Red Cloud - Community Center - November 25, 1-4 PM
  • Saline Center (Saline County) - November 22, 9-11 AM
  • Weeping Water - Cass County Fairgrounds - December 3, 9 AM-12 NOON

Posted by Bradley D. Lubben, Tuesday, November 5, 2019