Publications

Parenting from a distance can be challenging, but it isn’t impossible if you develop a plan that keeps the best interests of your child in mind. This NebGuide discusses the importance of connecting with your children, even when separated by distance, and provides helpful suggestions for successful long distance parenting.

Topic includes:

• Easing family adjustments and creating new communication options
• The importance of staying attached
• Developing and using parenting plans as guides
• Creating positive anticipation for the noncustodial home
• Tips for staying connected

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Parenting from a distance can be challenging but not impossible. This NebGuide discusses ways parents can stay connected with their children when they live apart. Learn More

In Nebraska when parents divorce, they are required to file a parenting plan with the court before the final divorce decree is granted. This three-page NebGuide discusses what a parenting plan encompasses and how this plan can serve the best interests of the child.

It addresses these questions:

• What are the elements of a parenting plan and why are they important?
• What is meant by “the best interest of the child?”
• What is the Nebraska Parenting Act?
• What is Parenting Time?
• What is the Benefit of Planning for the Shared Parenting of Children?

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This 48-page guide will help growers and users identify the most prominent disease problems affecting ornamental plants and how to treat them. The guide also contains information on pesticides registered for control of diseases affecting woody ornamentals and herbaceous perennials in Nebraska.

Sections include:

• Developing a successful disease management program
• Host/pest guide to plant diseases on herbaceous perennials
• Select agent and high risk pathogen list for woody ornamentals and herbaceous perennials
• Woody ornamental hosts and diseases, and herbaceous perennial hosts and diseases
• General disease guide on woody ornamental and herbaceous perennials
• Fungicide/bactericide information

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Construction of a new feedlot or expansion of an existing feedlot requires planning.

This 16-page Extension Circular covers the entire planning process and covers:

• Initial site planning and elements to consider in construction • Pen size and arrangement
• Lighting, fencing, gates, and wind protection
•  Runoff control regulations, groundwater issues, and configuring a control system
• Odor and air quality
• Diversions, collection channels, and drains
• Holding ponds and outlets
• Land application
• Vegetative treatment systems

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Riparian buffers are a best management practice to protect stream water quality, reduce streambank erosion, and provide wildlife habitat.  Riparian buffers may fulfill conservation program requirements and serve as an income source for federal, state and local cost-share programs or the production and sale of specialty crops. These two, 4-page publications guide you through design, plant selection, planting, and maintenance of riparian buffers. 

You also may be interested in a related UNL Extension DVD, Installing and Maintaining Your Riparian Buffer. 

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This Extension Circular provides knowledge of the basic plant growth processes - namely photosynthesis, respiration, and transpiration - important for gardeners and professional landscape managers to understand how the environment and management influence plant growth and development. Learn More

Information on essential plant nutrients, movement of nutrients in the soil and in the plant, and fertilizers. Learn More

A landscape is an investment of time and money that can be a beautiful, functional, and satisfying living space. Gardeners and landscape managers implementing integrated pest management strategies through good judgment in plant selection, site preparation, and planting practices will reduce insect, disease, and wildlife damage and will help ensure the growth and longevity of the investment. Learn More