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About the UNL Panhandle Research and Extension Center
- 1. Panhandle Extension District Panhandle Research and Extension Center
- 3. 12 County-Based Extension Offices
- 4. County-based personnel: • Extension Educators • 4-H Assistants • Office Support Staff
- 5. Administrative Hub: Panhandle Research & Extension Center
- 6. History: • 1909 – UNL, USDA homestead east of Mitchell •1918 - Experimental Range in Sioux Co. granted • 1956 - Administration for County Extension • 1967 - Sioux Munitions Depot/HPAL established • 1971 - Research & Extension admin combined • 1974 - UNL acquires former Hiram Scott College
- 8. 1910: Breaking the sod at the Experiment Station
- 9. Threshing the first crop at the Experiment Station, 1910
- 10. Knorr-Holden Continuous Corn Plot
- 12. Wheat rotation research, ca. 1914
- 13. Early livestock feeding tour
- 14. Panhandle R&E Center Centennial, 2010: The old and the new
- 15. Human Resource Capacity • Specialists – 14 faculty members, research/extension appointments – Joint appointments with campus departments • Technical Support – 25 research technicians/technologists – 12 operational / business/ facilities support • Educators and Assistants – 20 extension educators – 6 extension assistants/coordinator
- 16. Academic Disciplines • Ag Economics • Alternative Crops Breeding • Dry Bean Breeding • Soil/Nutrient Management • Crop Physiology/Potato • Weed Management • Cow-Calf Production/ Range Management • Feedlot Nutrition/ Management • Plant Pathology • Entomology • Geoscience • Entrepreneur/Business Development • Dryland Cropping Systems • Irrigation Management • Range/Forage Management
- 17. Facilities • Scotts Bluff Ag Lab - 156 irrigated acres • Mitchell Ag Lab - 269 irrigated acres – Panhandle Research Feedlot - 105 pens • High Plains Ag Lab (Sidney) – 710 rain-fed acres – 1600 acres of crested wheatgrass • Sioux Co. Experimental Range - 800 acres • Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory
- 18. Scotts Bluff Ag Lab • 156 irrigated acres • Several greenhouses • Laboratories: weed science, dry bean breeding, alternative crops breeding, entomology, plant physiology/potatoes, soils, plant pathology • DA Murphy Arboretum
- 30. Mitchell Ag Lab • 269 irrigated acres • Panhandle Research Feedlot - 105 pens
- 35. Sioux Co. Experimental Range - 800 acres
- 36. High Plains Ag Lab (Sidney) • 710 rain-fed acres • 1600 acres of crested wheatgrass
- 39. Panhandle Agriculture • 4800 farms • 5.7 million acres of rangeland – 270,000 beef cows • 2.2 million acres of dryland crops – wheat, proso millet, sunflowers • 732,000 acres irrigated farmland – corn, sugarbeets, dry beans, alfalfa, potatoes • 660,000 cattle on feed 5,698,482 732,589 2,210,655 Range Irrigated Dryland
- 40. Diverse Agricultural Production Traditional crops Hay – Wheat – Corn Specialty crops Dry bean – Sugarbeet – Sunflower – Proso millet Other crops Potatoes – Grass seed – Chicory - Grapes 5,698,482 732,589 2,210,655 Range Irrigated Dryland
- 41. Spires of Extension: • Cropping Systems • Beef Systems • 4-H Youth Development • The Learning Child • Community Vitality • Nutrition and Health • Water and Environment
- 42. Panhandle Extension Engaging the Public • Field Days • Open Houses • Workshops • Feedlot Round Table • Advanced Cropping School • 4-H Expo • County Fairs • Advanced Cropping School • Dry Bean Day and Field Day • Demonstrations • Tours • Classes: ServSafe, Medicare, • TEAMS
Notas do Editor
- The Panhandle has probably the most diverse agricultural production area as anywhere in the state. As you can see 2/3 of the region is used for range land. Dryland cropping systems make up 25% followed by 8.5 % being irrigated. Over 60% of this land is irrigated by center pivot systems. The major crops grown in the region include hay(includes both alfalfa and meadow hay) wheat and corn. Specialty crops include dry bean and sugarbeet that include a substantial infrastructure in the North Platte Valley along with dryland sunflowers and proso millet. After the recent drought sunflower has also been introduced more and more into irrigated crop rotations. Other crops include potatoes, grass seed, chicory and grapes.