Articles

Published: May 15, 2025

Crop Water Use for May 7-13

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

Published: May 7, 2025

Initial Crop Water Use for Week Ending May 6

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

mobile phone showing app overlay on center pivot photo

Published: April 23, 2025

Introducing PLAN: Mobile Irrigation Management App

Xin Qiao - Irrigation and Water Management Specialist, Joseph Oboamah - Graduate Student, Wei-zhen Liang - Research Assistant Professor, Gary Stone - Extension Educator

irrigation scheduling graphic overlaid on field

Published: April 10, 2025

Using Irrigation Scheduling Tools to Save Water Without Sacrificing Yield

Bruno Lena - Extension Educator

Published: September 20, 2024

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

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

Published: September 16, 2024

Rains Briefly Halt Some Harvesting in Western Nebraska

Chabella Guzman - Panhandle Research, Extension and Education Center Communications Specialist, Gary Stone - Extension Educator

Trent Benzel, left, Steve Benzel and Michael Ann Relka stand with plaques

Published: September 13, 2024

PREEC Recognizes Farmers and Agriculturalist at Annual P.A.R.T.T.

Chabella Guzman - Panhandle Research, Extension and Education Center Communications Specialist

Combine harvests corn field as grain truck follows

Published: September 10, 2024

Panhandle Research, Extension and Education Center Cuts Corn Plots for Silage

Chabella Guzman - Panhandle Research, Extension and Education Center Communications Specialist, Gary Stone - Extension Educator

Beet piles near production facility structures

Published: September 4, 2024

Sugar Beet Harvest Begins, But Water Still Necessary for Maturing Crops

Chabella Guzman - Panhandle Research, Extension and Education Center Communications Specialist, Gary Stone - Extension Educator

Published: August 26, 2024

Full Soil Water Profile Encouraged to Finish Crops Before Harvest

Chabella Guzman - Panhandle Research, Extension and Education Center Communications Specialist, Gary Stone - Extension Educator

Published: August 22, 2024

Extension Crop and Pest Reports (Aug. 19-23)

Published: August 19, 2024

Recent Rains Aid Crops and Soil Moisture for Wheat Planting

Chabella Guzman - Panhandle Research, Extension and Education Center Communications Specialist, Gary Stone - Extension Educator

Published: August 13, 2024

Irrigation Season Could Run Longer for Dry Bean Crop

Chabella Guzman - Panhandle Research, Extension and Education Center Communications Specialist, Gary Stone - Extension Educator

Corn field receiving irrigation in late season

Published: August 7, 2024

Time to Consider Using the Remaining Stored Soil Water in Irrigated Corn and Bean Fields

Steve Melvin - Extension Educator Irrigated Cropping Systems

Published: August 6, 2024

Dry Bean Crop Challenged by Weather in Nebraska Panhandle

Chabella Guzman - Panhandle Research, Extension and Education Center Communications Specialist, Gary Stone - Extension Educator

Man shakes woman's hand while holding plaque

Published: August 6, 2024

Soil and Water Conservation Society Honors 2024 Nebraska Award Winners

Published: July 31, 2024

Dry Pea Harvest Begins Early with Hot Weather

Chabella Guzman - Panhandle Research, Extension and Education Center Communications Specialist, Gary Stone - Extension Educator

Concrete ditch filled with water and siphon tubes near field

Published: July 23, 2024

Siphon Tubes: Setting Water to Grow Crops in Western Nebraska

Gary Stone - Extension Educator

Published: July 22, 2024

Warm Weather Returns After Weekend Rains

Gary Stone - Extension Educator

Published: July 16, 2024

Heat Keeps Rains Away During Wheat Harvest

Chabella Guzman - Panhandle Research, Extension and Education Center Communications Specialist, Gary Stone - Extension Educator