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West Central Research and Extension Center

University of Nebraska–Lincoln researchers are using collars fitted with GPS and accelerometers to track the movements and behavioral patterns of beef cattle and how they link to efficient beef production systems.

Husker researchers linking cattle behavior to efficient beef production

September 16, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Testing Ag Performance Solutions participants inspect their subsurface drip-irrigated corn plots during the 2019 Field Day. TAPS has earned an $850,000 Conservation Innovation Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation Service.

TAPS program earns $850K grant to develop ag competitions

February 12, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Grassroots phenomenon: Sandhills topography affects forage growth, water use

October 24, 2018

Agriculture & Environment

(From left) Rodrigo Werle, assistant professor of agronomy and horticulture; Jacob Nickel, irrigation research technician; and Himmy Lo, research assistant in biological systems engineering, perform stalk nitrate sampling on a plot at the West Central Research and Extension Center in North Platte.

Competition allows ag producers to try new technologies, methods

December 6, 2017

Agriculture & Environment

Curling and broomball are among the club sports that make use of the Breslow Ice Hockey Center. The facility was recently named among the nation's best.

Achievements | Honors, awards, publications for June 30

June 30, 2017

New Extension publication addresses petroleum pipelines

March 16, 2017

Agriculture & Environment

Educators and specialists from Nebraska Extension will discuss water issue that may affect farming operations at a water and crops field day at the West Central Research and Extension Center on Aug.23.

Water and crops field day offered Aug. 23

August 10, 2016

Agriculture & Environment