Summer Meeting

June 20th, 2026

Phelps County Ag Center

1308 2nd St

Holdrege, NE

8:00 - 8:20 a.m. — Check-in 

8:20 - 9:00 a.m. — Breakfast 

9:00 - 9:20 a.m. — 4-H and Youth Development: Calvin DeVries and Rhonda Herrick 

9:30 a.m. — Mural Tour downtown: College of Art 

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

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

11:30 a.m. — Lunch: 37 Smokehouse 

12:30 p.m. — Ag Profitability: Shannon Sand 

1:00 p.m. — Early Childhood: Tasha Wulf and Lisa Poppe 

1:30 p.m. — Rural Prosperity Nebraska: Jordan Rasmussen/Shawn Kaskie 

2:00 p.m. — Horticulture, Landscape and Environmental Systems: Elizabeth Exstrom 

2:30 p.m. — Personal Development: Open Meetings and Parli Pro — Karly Black and Carrie Gottschalk 

3:00 p.m. — Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center: Andy Link 

3:30 p.m. — Dr. Charlie Stoltenow, Dean and Director of Nebraska 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