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Help for Your Yard, Garden, Insect and Water Questions
Backyard Farmer
Phone calls ONLY during show season - April to mid-September
Thursdays only | 7 to 8 p.m.
402-472-1212 or
800-676-5446
Digital Diagnostic Network
Have lawn, garden, insect or water-related questions you need help answering? Contact Nebraska Extension's Digital Diagnostic Network and an expert panel of Extension professionals will review and respond to the question. To get started, create an account so the question can be reviewed and responded to via email. For more information and to create an account, go to Digital Diagnostic Network.
Eastern
Beatrice
Mon - Fri | 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CT
Phone calls & samples
1115 West Scott
402-223-1384
Blair
Mondays only | 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT
Phone calls & samples
597 Grant St.
402-426-9455
Columbus
Wed & Fri | 9 a.m. to Noon CT
Phone calls & samples
2715 13th Street
402-563-4901
Fremont
Wed & Fri | 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CT
Phone calls & samples
1206 W. 23rd Street
402-727-2775
Lincoln
Mon - Fri | 9 a.m. to Noon CT
Phone calls & samples
444 Cherrycreek Rd. Ste A
402-441-7180
Omaha
Mon - Fri | 9 a.m. to Noon CT
And 1 to 4 p.m.
Phone calls & samples
8015 W. Center Road
402-444-7804
Central
Grand Island
Mon, Wed & Thurs | 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CT
Phone calls & samples
3180 W. Highway 34
308-385-5088
Hastings
Mon-Fri | 8:30 am to 5 pm CT
Phone calls & samples
2975 S. Baltimore Ave.
Hastings, NE 68901
402-461-7209
Kearney
Tues & Fri | 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CT
Phone calls & samples
1400 E. 34th (Fairgrounds)
308-236-1235
North Platte
Wed & Fri | 9 a.m. to Noon CT
Phone calls & samples
348 West State Farm Road
308-532-2683
Western
Scottsbluff
Mon - Fri | 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. MT
Phone calls & samples
4502 Avenue I
308-632-1480
Commercial Fruit & Vegetable Production Questions
Mon - Fri | 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT
Carol Waters
Phone calls & samples
8400 144 Street, Suite 100
Weeping Water, NE 68464
402-267-2205
Pond, Septic & Well Questions
Mon - Fri | 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT
Becky Schuerman
Phone calls & samples
444 Cherrycreek Road, Suite A
Lincoln, NE 68528
402-441-7180