Summer Meeting

June 20th, 2026

Phelps County Ag Building-Holdrege

8:00-8:20 a.m. -- Check-in

8:20-9:00 a.m. -- Breakfast

9:00-9:20 a.m. -- 4-H – Calvin DeVries and Rhonda Herrick

9:30 a.m. -- Mural tour downtown—College of Art – Jentry Barrett and Brandi Hagemann

10:15 a.m. -- Loomis Irrigation Canal Tour—Talon Muse and Central Irrigation

11:00 -11:20 a.m. -- Livestock Systems—Erin Laborie

11:30 a.m. -- Lunch— 37 Smokehouse

12:30 p.m. -– Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center—Andy Link

1:00 p.m. –- Early Childhood—Lisa Poppe

1:30 p.m. -- Rural Prosperity—Jordan Rasmussen

2:00 p.m. –- Horticulture—Elizabeth Exstrom

2:30 p.m. –- Personal Development—Open Meetings, Parli Pro—Karly Black

3:00 p.m. –- Ag Profitability—Shannon Sand

3:30 p.m. -- Dr. Charlie Stoltenow, Dean and Director of Extension

4:00 p.m. -- Wrap-up

4:30 p.m. –- Head Home

A block of 20 rooms has been reserved at the Cobblestone in Holdrege. There is an additional hotel in Holdrege and additional hotels in Kearney.

Accommodation requests for attendance should be directed to Dave Varner at least two weeks prior to the program at dave.varner@unl.edu or (402)-720-2275. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to address access needs. 

The University of Nebraska does not discriminate based upon any protected status. 

https://nebraska.edu/nondiscrimination