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USA - UNL to offer webinar on dealing with crop hail damage

13.06.2022 723 views

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Center for Agricultural Profitability and Nebraska Extension’s Hail Know team will present a webinar offering strategies and options for crop producers who are dealing with storm damage in their fields.

“After the Storm: Managing Crop Damage” will be held from noon to 1 p.m. June 16.

Following recent widespread storm damage throughout Nebraska, experts in agronomy and agricultural economics from Nebraska Extension’s Hail Know team will cover options for dealing with damaged commodities from a production perspective and discuss the role of crop insurance.

Presentation contributors will include Justin McMechan, a crop protection and cropping systems specialist; Nathan Mueller, a water and integrated cropping systems educator; Jenny Rees, a water and integrated cropping systems educator; Cory Walters, a grain marketing specialist; and Jessica Groskopf, an agricultural economist.

The webinar is part of the Center for Agricultural Profitability’s weekly series.

Source - https://www.hastingstribune.com

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