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June 28, 2019

Illustration of injury symptoms in a field. It is one of several indicators used to diagnose whether injury is caused by a disease, chemical application, or agronomic practice. This field shows random, non-uniform distribution common with diseases.

June 24, 2019

Using Symptom Distribution to Identify Problems and Guide Management

By Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic, Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist

Field of wheat with severe fusarium head blight

June 25, 2019

Strategies for Handling Wheat Grain Affected by Fusarium Head Blight

By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist

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June 26, 2019

Controlling Summer Annual Weeds in Alfalfa

Soybean gall midge larvae inside a soybean stem

June 26, 2019

Soybean Gall Midge: Management Window Changing for Nebraska Growers

By Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist, Thomas Hunt - Extension Entomologist, Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist

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June 26, 2019

Avoiding Fireworks When Two Generations Manage an Ag Operation

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

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June 26, 2019

Forecast Shows Much Warmer Days Ahead in July

By Al Dutcher - Former Associate Nebraska State Climatologist

Japanese beetle

Published: June 27, 2019 | Updated: August 21, 2026

Japanese Beetles Active; Scout Corn and Soybean Fields

Authored By: Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist, Kyle Koch - Assistant Extension Educator, Julie Peterson - Extension Entomologist, Pin-Chu Lai - Extension Entomologist, Ron Seymour - Extension Educator, Matheus Ribeiro - Assistant Extension Educator

Updated By: Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist, Kyle Koch - Assistant Extension Educator, Pin-Chu Lai - Extension Entomologist, Matheus Ribeiro - Assistant Extension Educator, Andrea Rilakovic - Extension Educator for Entomology and Crop Pest Management

Bacterial leaf streak on corn

June 27, 2019

Bacterial Leaf Streak of Corn in Nebraska

By Sarah Sivits - Former Extension Educator, Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist

Chart showing deviations of yield forecasts to actual yields at four times during the season for 10 years.

June 27, 2019

The Big Unknown in Corn Yield Forecasts

By Roger Elmore - Emeritus Extension Cropping Systems Agronomist

June 27, 2019

Roger Elmore Retiring from Career in Ag Research, Extension

By Fran Benne - Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

Tamra Jackson-Ziems

June 27, 2019

June Podcast: Mid-Season Diseases in Corn and Soybean

On flood-damged fields cover crops offer benefits as a soil cover and rebuilder as well as a source of forage.

June 28, 2019

NRCS Recommendations for Growing Corn as a Cover Crop

By S. Corey Brubaker - NRCS State Conservation Agronomist