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Published: August 13, 2025

Crop Water Use for Aug. 5-12, 2025

Gary Stone - Extension Educator, Xin Qiao - Irrigation and Water Management Specialist

Published: August 12, 2025

Weekly Irrigation Newsletter: Using Soil Water Tension Sensors to Schedule Irrigation in Nebraska

Bruno Lena - Extension Educator, Steve Melvin - Extension Educator Irrigated Cropping Systems

Corn field receiving irrigation in late season

Published: August 12, 2025

August Irrigation Scheduling Should Focus on Using Remaining Stored Soil Water

Steve Melvin - Extension Educator Irrigated Cropping Systems

technician attending a western bean cutworm trap

Published: August 9, 2025

Western Bean Cutworm Monitoring in the Panhandle

Pin-Chu Lai - Extension Entomologist, Jeff Bradshaw - Director of the Doctor of Plant Health Professional Program

Wide view of Nebraska farmland under a partly cloudy sky, with a tractor and irrigation system working in a freshly tilled field, and wind turbines standing in the distance beyond a line of trees. Ask ChatGPT

Published: August 8, 2025

Cropland Acres vs. Base Acres in Nebraska

Map of the United States showing the August 2025 precipitation outlook. Light green areas indicate a 33–40% chance of above-normal precipitation, including much of the central and eastern U.S., parts of the northern Great Plains, the Southwest, northern Alaska, and Hawaii. Light brown areas show a 33–40% chance of below-normal precipitation, centered over parts of Nevada, Idaho, and Oregon. Most other regions are forecast to have near-normal precipitation.

Published: August 7, 2025

Precipitation Chances Continue

Eric Hunt - Agricultural Meteorology and Climate Resilience Extension Educator

Split image showing a Dectes stem borer adult on a soybean leaf and soybean stem damage from gall midge larvae near a field edge, highlighting pest pressure before plants mature.

Published: August 7, 2025

New Findings in Nebraska Soybean Pest Study

Midseason Update from Nebraska Soybean Board-Funded Project on Soybean Gall Midge, Dectes Stem Borer and Plant Disease Impacts

Thales Rodrigues da Silva - MSc Graduate Student, Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist, Dylan Mangel - Extension Plant Pathologist, Wayne Ohnesorg - Extension Educator, Travis J. Prochaska - Extension Educator, Ron Seymour - Extension Educator, Aaron Nygren - Extension Educator, Matheus Ribeiro - Assistant Extension Educator, Ritika Lamichhane - Extension Educator, John Nelson - Extension Educator

Tall Palmer amaranth plants stretch high above a soybean field

Published: August 7, 2025

Herbicide-Resistant Weeds: Understanding the Challenge and a Path Forward

Vipin Kumar - Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Mandeep Singh - Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Ramandeep Kaur - Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Amit Jhala - Professor and Associate Department Head, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

A rainfed corn yield forecast map overlaid on an aerial photo of maturing corn, showing mostly above-average projections across eastern Nebraska.

Published: August 6, 2025

2025 Corn Yield Forecasts as of Aug. 5

Patricio Grassini - Professor of Agronomy and Horticulture, and Cropping Systems Specialist, Jose Andrade - UNL Affiliate, Fernando Aramburu Merlos - UNL Affiliate, Haishun Yang - UNL Associate Professor of Agronomy and Horticulture, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, Jeff Coulter - Professor and Extension Specialist, University of Minnesota, Mark Licht - ISU Associate Professor, Extension Cropping System Specialist, Sotirios Archontoulis - ISU Professor, Maninder Pal Singh - Michigan State University Associate Professor of Cropping Systems Agronomy, Osler Ortez - Ohio State University Department of Horticulture and Crop Science Assistant Professor, Daniel Quinn - Assistant Professor of Agronomy and Extension Corn Specialist, Purdue University, Ana Carcedo - Assistant Professor and Extension Agronomist, North Dakota State University

Published: August 5, 2025

Crop Water Use for July 29-Aug. 5, 2025

Gary Stone - Extension Educator, Xin Qiao - Irrigation and Water Management Specialist

Center pivot sprinkler irrigates a lush green alfalfa field under a clear blue sky as plants mature.

Published: August 5, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Boosting Water Efficiency and Feed Value

Todd Whitney - Extension Educator, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Jerry Volesky - Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist

Published: August 1, 2025

No Sensors? No Sweat. New App Feature Supports Timely Irrigation Decisions

ACREE App (Formerly PLAN) Update Helps Nebraska Growers Time Irrigation Without Soil Probes

Xin Qiao - Irrigation and Water Management Specialist, Joseph Oboamah - Graduate Student, Gary Stone - Extension Educator

U.S. climate map showing the 8–14 day temperature outlook, with most of the country shaded in red tones indicating a higher probability of above-normal temperatures. Alaska is mixed, with below-normal temperatures in some regions. Issued July 30, 2025.

Published: August 1, 2025

Rain Chances; Warm Temperatures Return

Eric Hunt - Agricultural Meteorology and Climate Resilience Extension Educator

Rows of freshly cut hay drying in a field at sunset, with a white farmhouse and barn in the background under a partly cloudy sky. Ask ChatGPT

Published: July 31, 2025

Navigating Farm Succession Without a Family Heir: 7 Common Concerns

Jessica Groskopf - Extension Educator for Agricultural Economics

Volunteer corn plants scattered across a harvested field, illustrating a widespread post-harvest infestation with uneven growth and weed pressure.

Published: July 31, 2025

Managing Corn Harvest Loss: A Key to Controlling Volunteer Corn in Rotated Cropping Systems

Trey Stephens - Former Graduate Student, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Vipin Kumar - Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, Amit Jhala - Professor and Associate Department Head, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

Published: July 31, 2025

Japanese Beetles Active; Scout Corn and Soybean Fields

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

A mature common mullein plant in bloom, with tall flower spikes of small yellow blossoms standing in a grassy pasture.

Published: July 30, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: How to Manage Heat, Weeds and Pests in Peak Season

Jerry Volesky - Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist, Todd Whitney - Extension Educator, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator

Side-by-side comparison of soybean growing in two cover crop systems — left image shows soybeans emerging through thick cereal rye residue with minimal weed pressure; right image shows soybeans in a no-cover system with high weed presence between rows.

Published: July 30, 2025

Managing Pigweeds with Cover Crops: What We’ve Learned from 30 Years of Data

Vipin Kumar - Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Mandeep Singh - Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Resham Thapa - Assistant Research Professor of Climate Smart Agronomy, Tennessee State University, Ankit Yadav - Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Humberto Blanco - Professor of Soil Science, Sam Wortman - Assistant Professor of Agronomy, Saleh Taghvaeian - Biological Systems Engineering Associate Professor, Amit Jhala - Professor and Associate Department Head, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

Published: July 29, 2025

Crop Water Use for July 22-29, 2025

Gary Stone - Extension Educator, Xin Qiao - Irrigation and Water Management Specialist

Map of the United States showing the 8–14 day precipitation outlook issued July 25, 2025, for the period August 2–8. Most of the country is forecast to have near normal or above normal precipitation, with above normal chances in the Southeast and Northwest. Below normal precipitation is likely in parts of the Northeast, Upper Midwest, and central Alaska. A key in the lower-right corner shows probability categories from 33% to over 90%.

Published: July 25, 2025

Weather Update: Rain, Heat and Cooler Weather

Eric Hunt - Agricultural Meteorology and Climate Resilience Extension Educator