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  • Lessons of a Rafting Trip

    Jack Whittier, UNL Panhandle Extension|Jul 3, 2019

    A couple weeks ago I spent a day in a rubber raft with five young men ages 13-16 on a fun, yet challenging, whitewater rafting activity. Also in our raft was an experienced guide named Hunter, who told us this was the third summer he had been working as a rafting guide. I'll admit, I was apprehensive as we were given some safety instructions before getting in the bus to ride up the canyon to where we put in to the rushing river in Poudre Canyon west of Fort Collins, Colo. When we got to the...

  • UNL Panhandle Extension

    Jack Whittier, UNL Panhandle Extension Dist.|May 31, 2019

    The first thing I want to do in this month’s column is thank those who helped make our recent N|150 Celebration a success. The events of the day were fun, productive, educational and celebratory – just as we had hoped. The contribution of the Gering High School Jazz Band and the Scottsbluff High School Accapella Choir was fun and highlighted the local talent as we celebrated the University of Nebraska. The announcement by Bob Kelley of the Panhandle Research and Extension Center Scholarship Fund that resulted from Gering High’s success in th...

  • Panhandle Research Group Takes Message to Washington D.C.

    Jack Whittier, UNL Panhandle Ext District and Panhandle Research and Ext Ctr|Nov 30, 2018

    We’re going to Washington. Why? I’ll explain. Back in late September, 29 agricultural attachés representing 23 foreign countries visited us at the University of Nebraska (UNL) Panhandle Research and Extension Center (PHREC). This group was part of the 2018 Colorado and Nebraska Agricultural Attaché Tour coordinated by Stan Garbacz, the agricultural trade representative for the Nebraska Department of Agriculture. While this group was in Scottsbluff, they also visited several producers, farms and businesses; learned about wheat production; witne...