Weather Impacts

• Flooding and Corn Survival. Several factors affect survival of flooded corn prior to 6th leaf stage, including air temperature and duration of flooding. This week's cool temperatures may aid survival.
• Early Season Flooding and Soybean Survival. Research findings on the survival of germinating soybean and that in the early-vegetative development stages in saturated soils.
• Time to Dig in and Evaluate Need for Replanting. It's time to get in the field and assess crop emergence. See what to scout for, how to assess stands, and factors to consider when deciding whether to replant.
• Recommended Resources on Frost Damage in Corn and Soybeans
• Assessing Freeze Injury to Wheat.Winter wheat's behind-normal growth stage may have helped it escape major injury from this week's low temperatures.
• Crop Insurance and Replant Decisions. Reviews RMA replant payment guidelines and provides a sample calculation for a storm-damaged field.
• Understanding and Calculating Farm Casualty Losses. What are casualty losses and what are the financial implications for taxes, decision-making.
• Extension Storm, Crop and Field Reports from Across the State

UNL Extension

• What research-based, cropping systems information are you looking for now and what do you think you'll need in the future?  Please take a few moments to take this short survey assessing current and future needs. Information provided will influence the future direction of UNL Extension programming and research.

Corn Production

• Tips for Applying Soil Residual Herbicides after Corn Emergence
• Scout Corn: High Insect Numbers Can Overwhelm Even the Best Defenses

Wheat Production

• Wheat Disease Update; Scout Fields for Early Disease Detection
• 2014 Nebraska Wheat Crop Forecast to be Up 40% from 2013

Soybean Production

• Results of the CW Soybean Planting Survey

Irrigation Management

• As Crops Emerge Install ET and Soil Moisture Sensors

Cover Crops

• UNL Researchers Examine Use of Cover Crops in Semi-Arid Conditions

Farm Management

• Market and Financial Outlook for Production Ag in Nebraska
• 2014 Farm Custom Rate Survey Results Now Available

Alfalfa & Forage Production

• Fertilizing Cool-Season Grasses in May

Crop Reports

• USDA NASS: Nebraska Crop Progress and Condition (May 12, 2014)
• Extension Crop Reports & Weather Forecast (May 6, 2014)
• USDA NASS: Nebraska Crop Progress and Condition (May 5, 2014)

IANR & Extension Resources

• Extension Educator Lindsay Chichester takes a look at How Cooperative Extension was Started
• Market Journal: Ag Director Ibach on Ag Census Results (5/9/2014)
• Youth Tractor Safety Courses Offered Across Nebraska
• UNL Farm Custom Rate Publications Revised
• Farm Bill Questions? May 21 Extension Webinar Has the Answers.Tune into this two-hour webinar to hear from the experts and ask your own questions.
• On the Road with New IANR Faculty, Staff

Planting season ...

isn't just for producers, it is also the time for research personnel to plant "crops" for research projects. Extension Entomologist Jeff Bradshaw and his staff plant sugar beets in one of the plots at the Panhandle REC to study sugar beet root aphid. (Source: Gary Stone, UNL PHREC Extension Educator)