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August 23, 2019

cropwatch graphic

August 23, 2019

Managing a Farm/Ranch Transfer to the Next Generation

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

Center pivot irrigating late-season corn

August 23, 2019

Scheduling the Last Irrigations in a Year with Delayed Crop Maturity

By Steve Melvin - Extension Educator Irrigated Cropping Systems

A screen capture from a time-lapse video of dry edible beans without irigation

August 23, 2019

Some Fields Doing Better Than Expected Without Irrigation, Some Not

By John Thomas - Crops Extension Educator, Jeff Bradshaw - Director of the Doctor of Plant Health Professional Program

Excavation continues above the tunnel collapse. A series of three trench boxes, each 10 feet tall by 20 feet wide by 20 feet long will be dropped down into the space as soil is removed. (Photo courtesy the Goshen Irrigation District)

August 23, 2019

Update on Canal Repairs Affecting Growers in Nebraska and Wyoming

By Gary Stone - Extension Educator, Jessica Groskopf - Extension Educator for Agricultural Economics, David Ostdiek - Former Communications Specialist, Panhandle REC

Workers examine the site of the smaller of the two tunnel collapses.

August 23, 2019

Irrigation Tunnel Collapse Found to be an Insurable Event

An infographic showing soybean yield components and when they affect yield.

August 23, 2019

Extension Crop and Pest Reports (August 19-23)

By Extension Educators & Specialists

Map showing likelihood of yield deviation from the long-term average yield potential for irrigated corn sites in Nebraska and Kansas.

August 22, 2019

2019 Corn Yield Forecasts as of August 21

Integrating cover crops, maximizing irrigation efficiency, managing risk and making your farm more weather resilient are among the crop production topics being presented in the Big Red Building at Husker Harvest Days Sept. 9-11.

August 22, 2019

Nebraska Extension at Husker Harvest Days to Highlight Strategies for Staying Strong

By Ron Seymour - Extension Educator

Through a $2.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, a University of NebraskaâLincoln research team is developing ways to maximize sorghum potentials across the United States.

August 22, 2019

Nebraska Team Merges Machine Learning, Plant Genetics to Maximize Sorghum Potential

By Tiffany Lee - UNL Research and Economic Development

Frogeye leaf spot

August 19, 2019

Frogeye Leaf Spot in Northeast Nebraska

By Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist