The January CropWatch has been posted to the Web.

Included in this issue are details on a number of winter Extension programs designed to provide unbiased, research-based information to help you improve profits and better manage your resources. Additional winter meetings were listed in the November and December 2006 issues as well as on the CropWatch Events page.

This week in CropWatch

Alfalfa Production

• Is Roundup Ready® alfalfa right for you?
• Ice coating may kill alfalfa stands

Alert

• Emergency hotlines opened for generators and hay

Market Journal

• Market Journal looks at the value of manure

Winter Extension Programs

• UNL commercial and noncommercial Pesticide Education Program schedule
• Cornhusker Economics Conferences target bioenergy topics
• USDA year-end crop report for 2006
• Irrigation and Energy Conservation Workshops for corn growers
• NEATA Conference to focus on benefits of emerging ag technologies
• Nebraska No-till Conferences Feb. 6, Feb. 7
• No-till on the Plains Winter Conference Jan. 30-31
• The competition for Nebraska’s grain supply
• Nebraska Beef Feedlot Roundtable Feb. 6-8
• 2007 winter wheat seedings up from last year
• 7th Annual Women in Agriculture Conference set for Feb. 9 in Sidney

AgNews

• Scholarship honors life of nationally recognized cattleman
• LEAD Fellowship Applications Available for Group XXVII