Hail impacts many communities and industries each year, causing annual economic losses in excess of $1 billion. In recent weeks, locations across Nebraska have experienced losses from thunderstorms producing large, damaging hail.
We can’t prevent hail, but we can prepare for and respond quickly when dealing with hail damage to crops. The Hail Know website provides information for rural producers who have experienced crop damage due to hail. Visit https://cropwatch.unl.edu/hailknow to find resources including:
• Understanding Hail Storms
• Assessing My Damage
• Handling My Insurance
• Replanting My Crop
• Managing My Recovering Crop
• Are Cover Crops for Me?
Hail Know Toolkit for Extension
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The Hail Know Toolkit provides resources to support an efficient and timely Extension response in the event of hail damage to corps. The toolkit includes:
• Sample news releases
• Meeting agenda templates
• PowerPoint templates and examples
• Social media guides and templates
• PSA/radio scripts
• And other deliverable
Soni Cochran, scochran2@unl.edu