Hoping you and your family had a blessed Christmas and wishing you a wonderful 2026! Winter program brochures are being mailed and can be viewed at: https://jenreesources.com/upcoming-events/. Please contact the Extension Office hosting the event you’re attending.

It’s also Extension reporting time and I appreciate those who share thoughts about my work via this survey. If you’re willing, please go to https://www.slido.com/ then enter 4EXT in the code area. Thanks!

Custom Rates Survey: Many people utilize UNL’s custom rates publication to get an estimate for charging or compensating for various farm-related operations. The survey is available from now until mid-January. If you provide custom services and agricultural operations and are willing to provide input, please sign up to receive the survey at go.unl.edu/tbky. Data will be gathered and summarized in the 2026 report. Thank you for your help!

Crop Production Clinics offer recertification for pesticide applicators (commercial, non-commercial applicators) in addition to updated crop and pest management information. The closest to this area include: Jan. 14 near Mead, Jan. 16 in Beatrice, Hastings on Jan. 21, York on Jan. 22, and Kearney on Jan. 27. This year, only the locations in York, Kearney, and Norfolk will be hosting the second room that features information on cropping systems, digital ag, agribusiness, and water and nutrient management. More info. and RSVP at: https://agronomy.unl.edu/cpc.

Pesticide Training: A common question is, “Do I need to renew my license if the coop is applying the chemicals and I’m not?” The answer to this is, yes, if you are the one purchasing restricted use pesticides. A certified pesticide applicator needs a license if you are purchasing and/or using restricted use pesticides. I’m teaching the trainings at York, Seward, and Fillmore counties and helping David Wangila with some of the trainings in Clay, Nuckolls, and Thayer counties. It is helpful for RSVP to the county you wish to attend the training even though you can also walk in.

Nitrogen Challenge Meeting will be held on Friday, Jan. 16^th at the Holthus Convention Center in York beginning at 9 a.m. The goals of this meeting are to share the research-based results from using in-season nitrogen management via Sentinel Ag, understand how to use this technology, and share farmer testimonies from growers utilizing this technology. There will be a peer networking lunch sponsored by Sentinel Ag to develop a peer network of growers using this technology. There is no charge but we need an RSVP for the meal count. Please RSVP to jrees2@unl.edu for the time being.

Jan. 22 Corn and Soybean Expo will take place on Thursday, January 22, 2026 at ENREEC near Mead (1071 County Road G, Ithaca, NE 68033). The program will kick off at 8:30 a.m. and will finish up at 3:00 p.m. The goal is to help producers plan for next year’s growing season. There is no registration fee.

Jan. 28 Corn Production Clinic will be held at the Fairgrounds in Aurora. More details will be shared in the future.