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Weed Management and Cover Crops Field Day Flyer

Published: May 22, 2018

Weed Management and Cover Crop Field Day at SCAL

Amit Jhala - Professor and Associate Department Head, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Roger Elmore - Emeritus Extension Cropping Systems Agronomist

field pea

Published: May 16, 2018

June Field Days for Field Peas, Pulses, Wheat, Forage and Cover Crops

Field of cover crops

Published: May 14, 2018

Q&A on Spring Herbicides and Fall Cover Crop Plantings

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

Comparison of cover crop planting dates

Published: May 4, 2018

How Planting Date, Varieties Affect Spring Cover Crop Growth

Daren Redfearn - Extension Forage Crop Residue Specialist, Roger Elmore - Emeritus Extension Cropping Systems Agronomist

Broadleaf weeds

Published: April 27, 2018

Q&A: Which Dicamba Product Should I Use to Kill Broadleaf Cover Crops or Burndown Weeds Before Xtend Soybean?

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

Cereal rye in corn stubble

Published: April 25, 2018

Q&A on Terminating Cereal Rye, Applying a PRE

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

Figure 1. Seasonal ecology of wheat stem maggot (Allen 1933) overlaid on 2017 field issues. Arrows indicate likely source of infestation started with adult movement in the spring.

Published: April 25, 2018

Wheat Stem Maggot Adult Monitoring: A Pest of Cover Crop-to-Corn Transitions

Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist, Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist, Gabriela Inveninato Carmona - Entomology Graduate Student

Cover crop field with mixed-species plantings

Published: April 20, 2018

Timing of Cover Crop Termination and Related Factors

Daren Redfearn - Extension Forage Crop Residue Specialist, Amit Jhala - Professor and Associate Department Head, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist

Cereal rye cover crop

Published: April 19, 2018

Q&A on Grazing Cereal Rye after an Anhydrous Application

Daren Redfearn - Extension Forage Crop Residue Specialist, Mary Drewnoski - Beef Systems Specialist, Brian Krienke - Former Soils Extension Educator

CropWatch Graphic

Published: April 6, 2018

Insects in Cover Crop Systems

Manure application into cereal rye cover crop in the fall

Published: April 4, 2018

Research Updates

Soybean seedlings in no-till field

Published: March 29, 2018

Building Resilient Soil Systems using Residue, No-till, and Cover Crops

Paul Jasa - Extension Engineer

Figure 1. Rye cover crop planted in small sections of field for erosion control. Center photo shows a section of ground where cover crop did not establish with normally developing plants. Damaged corn plants were primarily restricted to areas where cover crop was present.

Published: March 8, 2018

Wheat Stem Maggot in Corn: Plan on Scouting Your Cover Crop Fields This Spring

Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist, Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist, Gabriela Inveninato Carmona - Entomology Graduate Student

Figure 1. Grazing cover crops planted after corn harvest can be a win-win situation for both crop and livestock producers. An April 4 Nebraska Extension field day will explore some of the challenges and opportunities and showcase recent university research on implementing the system in eastern Nebraska.

Published: March 7, 2018

April 4 Conference to Focus on Capturing Value of Cover Crops as Forages

Market Journal

Published: March 2, 2018

Market Journal Looks at Farm Bill Discussions

CO2 sensor in rye cover crop

Published: February 26, 2018

Cover Crop and CO2 Emissions

Sabrina Ruis - Post-Doctoral Associate, Humberto Blanco - Professor of Soil Science, Charles Wortmann - Emeritus Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist, Virginia Jin - USDA ARS Research Soil Scientist, Tyler Williams - Former Cropping Systems Extension Educator

Don Batie with his strip-till soybean plot.

Published: February 21, 2018

Growers Share about Their On-Farm Research

Lisa Jasa - Former CropWatch Editor

Rye cover crop

Published: February 13, 2018

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

Soil health summer field days

Published: February 12, 2018

Southeast Nebraska Soil Health Conference March 5

Gary Lesoing - Former Extension Educator

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?