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October 6, 2017

Nebraska map of PPDC reporting districts

October 6, 2017

Crop Diseases Confirmed by PPDC Sept. 27-Oct. 5

By Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic

Picket combine

October 6, 2017

Precipitation Slows and Complicates Dry Bean Harvest

By Gary Stone - Extension Educator

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October 6, 2017

Market Journal: Grain Market Analysis & Syngenta Lawsuit Update

Farm scene

October 6, 2017

So You’ve Inherited a Farm, Now What?

By Allan Vyhnalek - Extension Educator, Farm/Ranch Succession and Transition

Western bean cutworm colony

October 4, 2017

Establishing a Western Bean Cutworm Colony in the Laboratory

By Katharine Swoboda Bhattarai - Entomology Postdoctoral Associate, Débora Montezano – Entomology PhD Student, Priscilla Colombo da Luz - VIsiting Entomology Scholar, Julie Peterson - Extension Entomologist, Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist

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October 3, 2017

How Freezes Affect Forages

By Bruce Anderson - Emeritus Extension Forage Specialist

James MacDonald

October 3, 2017

Researchers to Study Increased Land Use Efficiencies of Integrating Cattle and Crops

By IANR News Release

Ad for Annie's Project Nov. 3-4

October 3, 2017

Annie’s Project Retreat Nov. 3-4 in Scottsbluff

By David Ostdiek - Former Communications Specialist, Panhandle REC

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October 3, 2017

Recommendations for Harvesting Alfalfa in October

By Bruce Anderson - Emeritus Extension Forage Specialist

Figure 1. Data collected by the multispectral sensor on this drone will be used to direct in-season nitrogen fertilizer applications, part of a producer research project funded by the North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program. (Photos by Laura Thompson)

October 2, 2017

SARE Grant Aids Farmer in Using Drones to Test N Applications

By Lisa Jasa - Former CropWatch Editor

Chart depicting relationship between soil organic carbon and available water holding capacity in sandy soil.

September 29, 2017

The Water-Soil Health Connection

Figure 1. At UNLâs Henry J. Stumpf International Wheat Center near Brule, studies are underway comparing winter wheat seeded at the optimal date (left) and wheat seeded late. (Photo by Bob Klein)

August 30, 2017

Wheat Seeding Delay? Here’s How to Compensate

By Robert Klein - Western Nebraska Crops Specialist