High Plains Ag Lab annual research update is Jan. 27

The latest results from crop and livestock research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s High Plains Ag Lab near Sidney, faculty positions update and building plans will be shared with the HPAL advisory board and the public at the annual research update scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 27.

The meeting will take place from 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at the Sidney Campus of Western Nebraska Community College. For questions, call the High Plains Ag Lab at (308) 254-3918.

The public is welcome. Agenda topics include:

• Welcome by HPAL Advisory Board chair Keith Rexroth

• Director’s update by Dr. Jack Whittier, Panhandle Director of Research and Extension

• Operations update, Tom Nightingale, Farm Manager

• Research updates: wheat stem sawfly, Dr. Jeff Bradshaw; proso millet breeding, Dr. Dipak Santra; oil seed crops breeding and production, Dr. Dipak Santra; winter canola under different tillage, Robert Higgins; field research of biotech crops, Bill Struckmeyer; what’s new in soil management? Dr. Gary Hergert; grain legumes at HPAL, Dr. Dipak Santra; herbicide testing on field peas and fenugreek, Robert Higgins; field peas and summer annual forage mixtures for beef cattle, Dr. Karla Jenkins

• Recognition of Tom Nightingale’s career and contributions to HPAL

• Advisory board discussions and business