Wheat Production

• Stripe Rust Confirmed in Nebraska; Scout Wheat Fields for Early Disease Detection
• Harvesting Small Grain Cereals for Hay or Silage

Weed Management

• Why Residual Herbicides are Important Tools in Battling Hard-to-Control Weeds. Applying residual herbicides immediately after planting corn or soybean can provides effective weed control.

Resistance Management

• Glyphosate-Resistant Palmer Amaranth Confirmed in southwest Nebraska.
• Resisting Resistance: Understanding and Slowing the Further Development of Pesticide Resistance. This is the first in a series of articles that will be featured in CropWatch throughout 2015.

Corn Production

• Variegated and Black Cutworm Moth Trap Counts April 19-25. The first of a series of cutworm moth reports to help growers gauge potential problems.

Soybean Production

• Sudden Death Syndrome and Brown Stem Rot Infections Start in Spring. Consider delayed planting in areas with a history of sudden death syndrome (SDS) or brown stem rot (BSR) until soils warm. Cool, wet soils are favorable for disease development.

Climate

• Spring Freeze Climatology Update and Forecast. Some risk still exists for the Panhandle and other areas. View maps of historical last-freeze dates in Nebraska

Farm Management

• Farm Finance and Legal Aid Clinics Scheduled for May
• The Importance of Reference Prices in Decision Making: An Application to Commodity Marketing, a UNL Cornhusker Economics April 29 article (external link)

Market Journal

• View segments on corn and soybean price movements, a preview of Market Journal's report from Japan, wheat strip rust, and the weather forecast.

Crop Reports

• Extension Reports from Eastern Nebraska
• USDA NASS Crop Report. Corn planting on track with 16% complete by Monday.