The seventh annual West Central Water and Crops Field Day will be June 30 near Brule.

The event will be at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s West Central Water Resources Field Laboratory and the Armstrong family’s Purty Punkins Farm south and west of Brule.

The free event will run from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. MT. It will include sessions on water use by crops, irrigation technology for efficient water use, economic and environmentally sustainable corn stover harvest and water for food innovations. Afternoon research and field demonstrations will include corn residue removal, variable rate irrigation and nutrient management, strategies to optimize irrigation water use and rainfall simulation to show effect of residue cover in infiltration and erosion.

To register, contact Linda Lehmann, West Central Research and Extension Center, 402 W. State Farm Road, North Platte, NE 69101. Or email your name, address and affiliation to Lehmann at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .