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2026 Annual Conference
tentatively scheduled for February 6 & 7, 2026
Site: TBD
I honestly felt like I was in a tailored series of lectures/sessions that spoke directly to my question/needs.
Speakers were really good, especially the farmers.
I was surprised that the diversity of speakers was even better than last year! So many unique topics and speakers that are not normally at these types of events.
Farmers in Nebraska Adapting Systems to Climate Change
Summary from NSAS Annual Conference, Nebraska City, NE, 31 Jan 2025
Charles Francis, Department of Agronomy & Horticulture, UNL
[Acknowledgements to Leisha Roberts and Vaughn Hammond, NSAS]
Scientists conclude that climate change is real, mostly due to human causes, and now accepted as an ‘inconvenient truth’ (Al Gore, 2004 movie) that is affecting people around the globe. Most immediate threats are hitting people who live near coasts in Bangladesh, India, China, Netherlands, and many island nations that in are home to over one billion humans in total. In addition, impacts on low-lying ecosystems could be disastrous as lands near the ocean are subsiding, due to extraction of water for agriculture and other human uses.
This causes further erosion of soils and loss of viable areas for building houses and industrial infrastructure, impacting us today, and will intensify and impact agriculture for decades into the future.
What do Nebraska farmers think about global warming? At the 2025 NSAS conference we introduced the topic, then divided people into three discussion groups. After one hour of sharing, we added ideas from later conversations. We invite you to read this summary and send additional thoughts to cfrancis2@unl.edu to expand the list. Thanks to attendees. Your ideas will be most valuable before February 17, 2025 to be included in a report.
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