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July 12, 2019

Flooded field

July 2, 2024

Crop Impacts and Options After Mid-season Flooding

By Amy Timmerman - Extension Educator, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator

Virus infected wheat

June 19, 2024

Reasons You Will Want to Control Volunteer Wheat and Weeds in Wheat Stubble After Harvest

By Robert Klein - Emeritus Extension Professor, Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist, Jeff Bradshaw - Director of the Doctor of Plant Health Professional Program, Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Gary Hein - Former Director of the Doctor of Plant Health Professional Program, Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist, Nicolás Cafaro La Menza – Cropping Systems Specialist, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Pin-Chu Lai - Extension Entomologist

Western corn rootworm beetle feeding on a leaf of corn

July 7, 2020

Western Corn Rootworm Beetles Emerging, Time to Scout

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

Figure 1. Weeds that are cut off with the combine header will need to regrow before they can be controlled.

July 12, 2019

Controlling Weeds Post-Harvest in Winter Wheat

By Robert Klein - Emeritus Extension Professor, Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist

Reporting districts

July 12, 2019

Disease Reports from the UNL Diagnostic Clinic

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

cropwatch graphic

July 12, 2019

Good Farmer to Great Manager Record-Keeping Course at 2 Sites

By Jessica Groskopf - Extension Educator for Agricultural Economics

Figure 1. Corn in one of the irrigation research plots at the South Central Agricultural Lab was starting to show signs of stress Wednesday.

July 11, 2019

Soil Water Content- and Soil Matric Potential-Based Irrigation Trigger Values for Different Soil Types

By Suat Irmak – Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Pennsylvania State University

Farmer field testing two cover crop management options

July 11, 2019

Farmers Find Solutions Through Nebraska Soil Health Initiative

By Fernanda Souza Krupek – Agronomy Graduate Research Assistant, Andrea Basche – Associate Professor, Daren Redfearn - Extension Forage Crop Residue Specialist, Laura Thompson - Former Extension Educator

cropwatch graphic

July 11, 2019

Nebraska Wheat Crop Forecast at 51.4 mil bu, up 4% from 2018

Farmers, Nebraska Extension educators, and NRCS employees at the NRCS-Nebraska Extension Soil Health Initiative Meeting held in York earlier this year. (Photo by Laura Thompson)

July 11, 2019

Why Growers are Adopting Practices to Build Soil Health

By Fernanda Souza Krupek – Agronomy Graduate Research Assistant, Andrea Basche – Associate Professor, Daren Redfearn - Extension Forage Crop Residue Specialist, Laura Thompson - Former Extension Educator

cropwatch graphic

July 11, 2019

KSU: Pre-harvest Weed Control in Wheat - Sharpen Update

Aerial view of field trials at the university's South Central Agricultural Lab near Clay Center.

July 11, 2019

View Latest Field Research at South Central Field Day Aug. 1

Bacterial stalk rot in corn

July 11, 2019

Diseases to Watch for in Flooded Crops

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

Painted lady butterfly

July 10, 2019

Painted Lady Butterflies Are Abundant In Many Areas—What Now?

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

Fields in central Neraska faced a range of damage from heavy rains earlier this week, from being totally inundated by flood waters to plants being flattened by the storms and high winds. (Photo by Todd Whitney)

July 9, 2019

Extension Crop and Pest Reports (July 8-12, 2019)

By Extension Educators & Specialists

Price adjustment graph for N in corn

July 9, 2019

Nutrient Management Suggestions for Corn Updated in EC117

By Charles Shapiro - Emeritus Professor of Agronomy and Horticulture, Richard Ferguson - Extension Soil Fertility Specialist, Charles Wortmann - Emeritus Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist, Bijesh Maharjan - Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist, Brian Krienke - Former Soils Extension Educator

Green June beetle

July 8, 2019

Help Identify Crop Insect Distribution in Nebraska

By Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist

Figure 1. Soybean plant showing signs of wilting from soybean gall midge infestation.

July 8, 2019

Soybean Gall Midge: New Counties Infested and Second Generation Adults Emerging

By Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist, Thomas Hunt - Extension Entomologist, Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist, Megan Taylor - Former Extension Educator, Aaron Nygren - Extension Educator

Field of diverse cover crops

July 8, 2019

Cover Crop Use and Implications for Cropland Lease Arrangements in 2019

By Jim Jansen - Agricultural Economist, Jeff Stokes - Professor and Hanson-Clegg-Allen Chair in Agricultural Banking and Finance, Jay Parsons - Farm and Ranch Management Specialist

Map of the Corn Belt showing locations for the 2019 Corn Yield Forecasts

July 8, 2019

2019 Corn Yield Forecasts: Approach and Interpretation of Results