Upcoming Events

The goal is to bridge the Urban-Rural communities together for productive conversation about the challenges and benefits of properly managed grasslands.

We will tour three farms and ranches in Lancaster and Pawnee Counties, discussing direct-to-consumer agriculture, managed grazing systems, agritourism, prescribed fire, grazing cover crops ,woody encroachment, and generational transition. 

The day will finish with an evening meal in southwestern Lancaster County followed by a panel discussion with a diverse group of urban and rural decision-makers moderated by Dr. Michael Boehm, Vice Chancellor for the Institute Agriculture and Natural Resources at UNL.

7:30-8:00am—Registration, Sprague-Martell Community Center, Martell, NE

• 1st Stop—Robinette Farms, Martell, NE

• 2nd Stop—Big Blue Ranch and Lodge, Burchard, NE (sack lunch provided)

• 3rd Stop—Cheney Conservation, Steinauer, NE

• 5:30pm—Evening Meal, Sprague-Martell Community Center, Martell, NE

• 6:15pm—Panel moderated by IANR Vice Chancellor Mike Boehm

• Homer Buell - Shovel Dot Ranch
• Senator Carol Blood
• Nancy Williams - No More Empty Pots
• Senator Myron Dorn

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