The Nebraska On-Farm Research Network (NOFRN) is seeking 20 farmers to participate in a study of how to optimize soybean yields. Here's more on the practices being studied and what's needed from the growers and the university researchers.
This study looks at how various reductions in nitrogen application rates in corn might reduce nitrogen loss to the environment and what the costs of those changes would be in yield and profit.
This contest, open to 4-H members (ages 10 and older as of January 1) or FFA members (in-school), guides participants through all aspects of corn production, as well as agricultural careers related to corn production.
Irrigation, water management, and the UNL-TAPS program will be the focus of the Central Plains Irrigation Association (CPIA) Conference in Kearney on February 26-27.
Suicide is preventable and prevention begins with knowing what signs to look for and how to help. This story outlines the common signs of chronic stress and when someone is considering suicide as well as steps you can take to help them.
Stephen Censky, deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will discuss leadership and the future of agriculture in the Feb. 14 Heuermann Lecture at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
The benefits of grazing cover crops will be one feature of the Southeast Nebraska Soil Health Conference March 6 in Beatrice.
Soil health, cover crops, and grazing annual cover crops will be among the topics at the Southeast Nebraska Soil Health Conference on Wednesday, March 6, in Beatrice.
Those innovative solutions you've developed in your shop or even in your kitchen might just land you a place on next season's Shark Tank. The ABC Emmy-winning program will be hosting a casting call in Lincoln this April, courtesy of the IANR's Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship program. Come and connect with other Nebraska innovators.
Figure 1. The Feb. 21 meeting, “Dryland Production in the High Plains,” will provide a look at agricultural research in the region. Field days, like this one last June, also share information from HPAL research.
What emerging issues will challenge crop and livestock producers in the High Plains? What research is going on at University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) and land-grant universities in response? What are the lessons from that research? A Feb. 21 meeting will explore these topics.
Figure 1. LEAD 37 fellows posing at the European Commission offices in Brussels, Belgium are Back row (L-R): Dan Vech, Ted Retzlaff, Chris Stillahn, Cory Kudlacek, Thad Baum, Jerry Boeck, Adam Pavelka, Evan Janzen, Scott Sorensen, and Matilda Geradts (guide); Middle (L-R), Jason Keiser, Miles Buskirk, Luke Beckman, Jose Valles, Sam Schmidt, Kimberly Stuhr, Aaron Kavan, Adam Grabenstein, Scott Speck, Kyle Ann Hopkins, Jamison Jensen, and Ross Daake; Bottom (L-R): Clay Govier, Aaron Troester, Megan Grimes, Chelsea Luthy, MerleAnn Raichart, Amber Burge, Kristi Block, Bree DeNaeyer, and Terry Hejny.
Twenty-nine Nebraska LEAD 37 fellows recently returned from an international study and travel seminar in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Poland. LEAD is a two-year leadership development program in the university's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Corn for grain production and soybean set record highs in 2018, according to the end-of-year report from USDA. See how all major crops in Nebraska fared.
While corn stalks were down or unchanged from a year ago, soybeans stored in all positions were up 13%. Overall storage capacity in the state was up 40 million bushels from Dec. 1, 2017.
