The Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition, Nebraska Extension, and Green Cover Seed have teamed up to present cover crop workshops at four locations in Nebraska.

Featured speaker Shane New is a regenerative agriculture focused entrepreneur from Holton, Kansas who, with his family, operates New Family Farms. His topics include: knowing how to take economic values from your operation; why are you doing it if you are losing money; do we really know what foods should taste like; and how to change the way you see.

The program will include presentations from local farmers/ranchers who have experience grazing cover crops on row crop acres, as well as a summary of the three-year NET-funded NGLC Grazing Cover Crops Project.

Dates and locations are as follows:

Monday, November 11, 2019
9:30 AM – 4 PM (Central time), United Methodist Church Hall, Verdigre, NE
Contact Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension in Cedar County, 402 254 6821

Tuesday, November 12, 2019
9:30 AM - 4 PM (Central time), Valley County Fairgrounds, Ord, NE
Contact Steve Niemeyer, Nebraska Extension in GLW Counties, 308 346 4200

Wednesday, November 13, 2019
9:30 AM – 4 PM (Mountain time), Chadron State College, Student Center, Chadron, NE
Contact Jack Arterburn, Nebraska Extension in Sioux, Box Butte, Dawes and Sheridan Counties 308 327 2312

Thursday, November 14, 2019
9:30 AM– 4 PM (Central time), Community Center, Blue Hill, NE
Contact Green Cover Seed, 402 469 6784    

No cost. Meal provided.  Students and local FFA chapters encouraged to attend. Must preregister by November 6 to reserve a meal by pre-registering at the NGLC website (https://nebraskagrazinglands.org/Grazing-Cover-Crop-Workshop) or calling the UNL Extension office indicated or Green Cover Seed. For more information, contact Ron Bolze, Coordinator, NGLC, 402 321 0067 (cell) or ron@nebraskagrazinglands.org.