Backyard Farmer is a cooperative television program produced by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension and Nebraska Public Media.
[1] The program's content is exclusively home lawn and gardening information with an emphasis on Nebraska flora and climate considerations.
[2] The structure of the show consists of a host who fields viewer questions about home lawn and gardening as well as flora and fauna native to Nebraska to a panel of four specialists.
During live shows, Backyard Farmer telephone operators field about 200 calls and 100 emails to find good questions for the panel to answer.
"[5] [6] Kim Todd, Fred Baxendale, Jim Kalisch, Wayne Ohnesorg, Tom Weissling, Jonathan Larson, Roch Gaussoin, Bill Kreuser, Matt Soucek, Loren Giesler, Amy Timmerman, Kevin Korus, Sarah Browning, Elizabeth Killinger, Jeff Culbertson, Kelly Feehan and Dennis Ferraro.