CropWatch is a central resource for University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension information on crop production and pest management. It is written by Extension Educators and Specialists and produced by IANR Media in the UNL Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Information is organized into two key areas, each of which offers thousands of crop-specific articles for Nebraska producers and crop consultants:

The CropWatch newsletter, which includes timely articles published to the site's home page. New issues are published weekly during the heart of the crop production season and generally biweekly during the remainder of the year. Older articles are archived for later review.

CropWatch also includes:

- Calendar of ag events and programs
- Daily news and updates via Twitter at UNL_CropWatch (also displayed on the home page)
- Ag decision-aid tools and resources from UNL Extension
- Content tags at the end of individual stories to help you located related articles released since April 2016.
- Use the Search box in the top right of every page or the Archives to locate additional articles.
- Crop-specific production and pest management sections, with additional sites for whole farm and production systems. Use the top red-bar navigation to access specific crop, management and related topics.

Everyday, we are surrounded by, and use, numerous products that are the result of biotechnology. However, some of these products face more criticism and controversy than others.  Through this lesson, students will be presented with two scenarios regarding biotechnology products, and they must complete research and formulate opinions regarding these topics.  The class will participate in a class discussion related to the biotechnology products and topics. 

STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Students will be able to analyze the environmental, economic, and social impacts of raising livestock and cultivating soybeans in diversified agricultural systems.MEASURABLE ACHIEVEMENT GOAL: Students will create a comparative brochure that illustrates the impacts of livestock raising and soybean cultivation on the environment, economy, and society. The brochure should include at least three impacts for each category (environmental, economic, social) for both livestock and soybeans, supported by relevant data or examples.

Resources on local food production, including fruit and vegetable production strategies, pest management, marketing, food safety, horticulture budgets, and regulations.

Concise lesson plan template asking for the 'essential question', objectives, interest approach, content/procedure/activity, and closure/check for understanding.  Developed by Matt Kriefels.

This website was created by the GMO working group in the UConn College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources. We offer clear descriptions and explanations of a variety of issues related to genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. We hope you find the information useful, and we welcome your feedback. We thank Purdue Agriculture for inspiration, the format and assistance in building this site.