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April 13, 2018

Market Journal

April 13, 2018

Market Journal on WASDE, Soil Sensors, Genetic Improvements in Sorghum

By Market Journal

Snowpack that feed North Platte River water system

April 13, 2018

North Platte River Water System Update

By Gary Stone - Extension Educator

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April 13, 2018

April Workshops on Farm Succession and Ag Liens, Loans and Leases

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April 13, 2018

Planning Ahead for Winter Wheat: Review Corn and Soybean Herbicide Programs

By Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist, Amit Jhala - Professor and Associate Department Head, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Stevan Knezevic - Extension Weed Management Specialist

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April 12, 2018

KSU Assesses Yield Potential of Drought-Tolerant Corn

By KSU Extension Agronomy

Violet root rot, a rhizoctonia crocorum fungus, in soil

April 12, 2018

The First Identified Root Pathogen: Rhizoctonia

By Bob Harveson - Extension Plant Pathologist, Panhandle Research and Extension Center

Soil moisture sensor only partially installed due to dry ground

April 12, 2018

Determining Beginning Soil Moisture for Planning Decisions

By Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, Suat Irmak – Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, Brad Schick - Former Extension Educator

Figure 1. Planting into cold soil (below 50Â°F) when cold conditions are expected for the next 48 hours can lead to germination problems and seedlings not emerging or not emerging well. 1a. Corn seedling that started leafing out below ground and now has twisted leaves which will delay or negate normal plant development.. Figures 1b-c. Unemerged seedlings attempting to leaf out belowground. None of the seedlings shown should be counted as a productive plant.

April 12, 2018

Cold Soil Temperature and Corn Planting Windows

By Roger Elmore - Emeritus Extension Cropping Systems Agronomist, Jim Specht - Emeritus Professor of Agronomy, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, Haishun Yang - UNL Associate Professor of Agronomy and Horticulture, Patricio Grassini - Professor of Agronomy and Horticulture, and Cropping Systems Specialist

Hand holding two soil types

April 11, 2018

Soil Health Nexus Looks to Better Understand your Soil Health Challenges

By Leslie Johnson - Animal Manure Management Extension Educator

NOAA US precipitation forecast for April 11-18

April 11, 2018

Spring Still Elusive as Cold then Rains to Quickly Follow Warm-up

By Al Dutcher - Former Associate Nebraska State Climatologist

Figure 1. Coal combustion residue is being mixed into manure for land application.

April 11, 2018

Improving the Efficiency of Applied Organic N

By Charles Wortmann - Emeritus Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist, Bijesh Maharjan - Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist

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April 11, 2018

Team Registration Open for Youth Crop Scouting Contest

By Brandy VanDeWalle - Extension Educator

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April 11, 2018

Excel Pro Tip: Conditional Formatting

By Austin Duerfeldt - Former Agricultural Systems Economist Extension Educator

Western bean cutworm larvae on an ear of corn

April 11, 2018

Efficacy of Foliar Insecticide Treatments for Western Bean Cutworm in Corn

By Katharine Swoboda Bhattarai - Entomology Postdoctoral Associate, Débora Montezano – Entomology PhD Student, Julie Peterson - Extension Entomologist

Figure 1. Nebraska soybean field with patches of iron chlorosis caused by a deficiency of iron. (Photo by Rodrigo Werle)

April 10, 2018

What's New with Micronutrients?

By Charles Wortmann - Emeritus Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist

Pulse width modulation sprayer

April 10, 2018

Precise Spray Droplet Sizes for Optimizing Herbicide Applications

By Thomas Butts - Graduate Research Assistant in Agronomy and Horticulture, Greg Kruger - Weed Science and Application Technology Specialist

Cold germination test of seed

April 10, 2018

Cold Germination Test for Corn and Soybeans

By Steve Knox - Manager of the Nebraska Crop Improvement Association

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April 9, 2018

Winter Wheat 58% Good to Excellent

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April 6, 2018

Building Family Resiliency Starts with You

By Linda Reddish - Extension Educator with The Learning Child, Carrie Gottschalk - Extension Educator with The Learning Child