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Rye cover crop

Published: February 13, 2018

Rain-Fed Corn Growth and Development Following Cover Crops in 2017

Figure 1. Rye cover crop termination date and corn residue removal study at Rogers Memorial Farm near Lincoln.

Published: February 12, 2018

Can a Rye Cover Crop Reduce Wind Erosion from Fields with Little Residue Cover?

CropWatch Graphic

Published: January 8, 2018

Integrating Cover Crops into a Corn and Soybean Cropping System

Katja Koehler-Cole - Research Assistant Professor in Agronomy and Horticulture, Chris Proctor - Weed Management Extension Educator, Angela Bastidas - Ph.D. Student in Agronomy, Roger Elmore - Emeritus Extension Cropping Systems Agronomist

Cattle grazing in corn stalks

Published: October 26, 2017

Farm Evolution to Focus on Integrating Crop/Livestock Systems

Chart depicting relationship between soil organic carbon and available water holding capacity in sandy soil.

Published: September 29, 2017

The Water-Soil Health Connection

Cover of NebGuide G2276

Published: September 8, 2017

Review Herbicide Restrictions Before Planting Forage Cover Crops

Amit Jhala - Professor and Associate Department Head, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

Market Journal screen shot

Published: September 8, 2017

Market Journal on Cover Crops and Weed Control, Drones, and Making Silage

Figure 1. Early-planted rye on the left and late-planted rye on the right in a research study at the Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center near Mead.

Published: September 7, 2017

Cover Crop Productivity In Corn And Soybean Systems

Katja Koehler-Cole - Research Assistant Professor in Agronomy and Horticulture, Roger Elmore - Emeritus Extension Cropping Systems Agronomist, Charles Shapiro - Extension Soil Scientist—Crop Nutrition, Humberto Blanco - Professor of Soil Science

Cover crops planted in corn.

Published: September 6, 2017

Nebraska Farmers Share Cover Crop Why's and How's

Liberty Butts - Cropping Systems Research Technologist, Rodrigo Werle - Cropping Systems Specialist

Students conducting cover crop research

Published: August 25, 2017

Research Update on Cover Crops after Winter Wheat Harvest

Alexandre Tonon Rosa - Learning Center Agronomist, Bayer Crop Science, Rodrigo Werle - Cropping Systems Specialist

CropWatch Graphic

Published: August 10, 2017

Planting Cover Crops after Silage Offers Several Benefits

Bruce Anderson - Emeritus Extension Forage Specialist

Cover crops

Published: July 27, 2017

Nebraska Research to Examine Benefits of Cover Crop

CropWatch Graphic

Published: June 22, 2017

Successfully Seeding Forages into Wheat Stubble

Bruce Anderson - Emeritus Extension Forage Specialist

Corn damaged by wheat stem maggot

Published: June 13, 2017

Suspected Wheat Stem Maggot Damage in Corn following Cover Crops

Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist, Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist, Wayne Ohnesorg - Extension Educator

Cereal rye cover crop

Published: April 13, 2017

Terminating a Cereal Rye Cover Crop – Things to Consider

Rodrigo Werle - Cropping Systems Specialist, Chris Proctor - Weed Management Extension Educator, Joshua Miller - Doctor of Plant Health

Triticale cover crop

Published: March 22, 2017

Nebraska Part of National Research Initiative to Improve Cover Crops

Haley Steinkuhler - IANR Media

cover crops

Published: December 16, 2016

Is Nitrogen Fixation Oversold with Legume Cover Crops?

Daren Redfearn - Extension Forage Crop Residue Specialist, Bruce Anderson - Emeritus Extension Forage Specialist

CropWatch Graphic

Published: December 2, 2016

Small Grain Annual Forages Following Soybean Production

Robert Mitchell - USDA-ARS Research Agronomist, Daren Redfearn - Extension Forage Crop Residue Specialist

In these research trials in western Nebraska winter triticale was found to offer several advantages over winter barley as a cover crop.

Published: December 1, 2016

Triticale: A Useful Component of a Cover Crop

P. Stephen Baenziger - UNL Professor and Nebraska Wheat Growers Presidential Chair, Dipak Santra - Alternative Crops Breeding Specialist, Robert Mitchell - USDA-ARS Research Agronomist

Figure 1. Steers grazing a mix of oats, turnips and radishes in mid-December. At this point in Experiment 4 there was still 1.5 ton dry matter per acre and calves grazed until mid-January when the weather ended grazing due to the forage being iced to the ground.

Published: December 1, 2016

Value of Oats and Brassicas for Fall Forage

Mary Drewnoski - Beef Systems Specialist, Jim MacDonald - Associate Professor in Animal Science, Kristen Ulmer - M.S. Student in Animal Science, Jordan Cox - M.S. Student in Animal Science