Drought Risk and Mitigation on Agricultural Landscapes of Nebraska

Jackson Hall Distance Learning Center
SECC–Beatrice and the Gage County Cooperative Extension
February 27th, 2003

 

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TIME
TOPIC
SPEAKER
8:30-9:00 am Registration Participant profiles/Preliminaries Bill Waltman/Larry Germer
9:00-9:20 Introductions Welcome to SECC–Beatrice Tom Duis, SECC
9:20-9:40 Session 1 Natural Hazards and Historical Crop Trends in Southeast Nebraska Bill Waltman/Jeff Peake
9:40-10:00 Session 2 Patterns of Drought Steve Hu, UNL
10:00-10:20 Session 3 El Niño/La Niña Mark Svoboda/Steve Hu, UNL
10:20-10:40 Break
10:40-11:00 Session 4 Historical Climate Context and Multi-Year Droughts in Nebraska NDMC
11:00-11:20 Session 5 Agricultural Risk and Marketing Doug Jose, UNL
11:20-12:00 Session 6 Irrigation Issues/Prevented Planting Jay Waechter, RMA
12:00-1:00 Lunch Lincoln Center
1:00-1:20 Session 7 Mitigating Risk—A Tool for Successful Farming Martin Kleinschmit, CFRA
1:20-1:40 Session 8 Insurable Crops and Pilot Programs Jay Waechter, RMA
1:40-2:00 Session 9 Mitigating Risks with Livestock and Alternative Crops Martin Kleinschmit, CFRA
2:00-2:20 Break
2:20-2:40 Session 10 Planning for Drought in the 2003 Growing Season Cody Knutson, NDMC
2:40-3:00 Session 11 Drought Monitor NDMC
3:00-3:20 Session 12 Web Pages and Tools—Documentation Bill Waltman, UNL
3:20-3:40 Session 13 Written Agreements Jay Waechter, RMA
3:40-4:00 Discussion Recommendations Cody Knutson, NDMC

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