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Pest Management

Managing Diseases Starts NOW with Seed Selection

Now is the perfect time to think about how you can minimize diseases next growing season. Planting disease-resistant hybrids and varieties may be a more economical way to manage certain diseases, reduce disease severity and reduce dependence on pesticides.

Industrial Hemp Tolerance to Late-POST Herbicides

Hemp exhibited high level of sensitivity to most of the tested herbicides. Visual injury levels ranged from almost no injury (~5%) with only one herbicide, to some temporary injury (~20%) with a few herbicides and severe injury or death (60%-93%) with about 10 out of 18 herbicides tested.

Farm Management

Solar Power and Center Pivots - Part 2: Economic Modeling

The decision whether or not to invest in solar is an individual decision. The conclusion here is not whether to invest or not, but rather which center pivot scenarios are better suited for better return on investment and which pivots a farmer may want to target first if considering solar installations.

Cornhusker Economics: Tax Planning 2020

With harvest wrapping up or complete, it is time to finish the last bits of 2020 operation tasks. Many of these tasks are part of tax planning. This article is a brief summary of some of the topics to discuss with your tax preparer before year-end.

Free Farm and Ag Law Clinics Set for December

Free legal and financial clinics are being offered for farmers and ranchers across the state in December 2020. The clinics are one-on-one meetings with an agricultural law attorney and an agricultural financial counselor. These are not group sessions, and they are confidential.

Extension Events

Panhandle Center to Host Virtual Field Day Dec. 1-2

The Panhandle Research, Extension and Education Center is hosting a virtual field day, the “Panhandle Agricultural Research and Technology Tour – Plus” (PARTT Plus) on December 1 and 2 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (MST) each day.

Women Managing Ag Land Conference, Now Virtual, is Dec. 2

The upcoming Women Managing Ag Land Conference will now be a be completely virtual experience. The event is still set for Dec. 2, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Central Time.

CropWatch Podcast

Subscribe to the CropWatch Podcast

New Episode! In this episode, Melissa Bartels and Michael Sindelar talk about crop residue management. What are the benefits of leaving verses removing crop residue from our fields? Listen to find the answer to this question and more.

Crop Reports

N Field Observations for This Week

This week, Ben Beckman discusses how snow and ice impact crop residue forage and animal grazing, and Chuck Burr and Matt Stockton talk about hybrid return on investment.

USDA NASS to Collect 2020 Crop Production and Stocks Data

As the 2020 growing season comes to an end, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will contact producers nationwide to gather final year-end crop production numbers and the amount of grain and oilseeds stored on their farms.

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Solar Power and Center Pivots - Part 1: Challenges, Introduction and Definitions

Farmers across the US are exploring solar PV as a way to reduce energy costs. Thousands have built solar PV systems, yet adoption of solar PV may not be right for everyone.

2020 Soybean Management Field Day graphic

Nebraska Extension and Nebraska Soybean Board Launch Soybean Management Virtual Field Days

The Soybean Management Field Days moved online for the first time ever due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Growers can view presentations or listen to the podcasts presented by Nebraska Extension specialists and educators.