Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First

Wheat tour is June 23 in Kimball County

The University of Nebraska winter wheat plot tours June 23-24 in the panhandle will give producers an opportunity to learn more about new wheat varieties and other topics relevant to producers in western Nebraska.

In Kimball County, the tour of rainfed wheat will be held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 23. Directions to the tour, from Dix, go south on County Road 59 for 6 miles. The plot is on the east side of the road on Mark Halstead’s farm.

A rainfed wheat tour will be held June 24 in Cheyenne County, and tours of both rainfed and irrigated wheat will be held June 24 in Box Butte County.

For more information, call Dipak Santra at 308-632-1244 or Vernon Florke at 308-249-3161.