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  • Preparing and responding to combine fires

    Amy Timmerman, Holt County Extension Educator|Oct 2, 2024

    As we move into fall harvest, a large percentage of Nebraska is in moderate to exceptional drought conditions. Fire is of high concern due to weather conditions conducive for fires to move quickly throughout the landscape. Beyond conducive weather conditions, equipment has changed dramatically over the last couple of decades. Compared to older machines, today’s equipment is bigger, more complex, and carries more oil and fuel. On combines, shields, panels and fuel tanks used to be made out of metal but are now mostly synthetic, which can easily...

  • Growing tips for a Chrismas cactus

    Amy Timmerman, Holt County Extension|Dec 1, 2022

    It's a cactus, so it should be easy to care for – I just water it sparingly and keep it dry, right?  Wrong. Whether you have a Thanksgiving or Christmas cactus (or an Easter one, for that matter), you take care of them the same way. Keys to their care come from their native habitat, which is not a desert but the cloud forests of costal southeast Brazil. The high-altitude costal areas where they're from are cool, shaded, and relatively humid with the mists and moisture rich air. They are epi...