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Bill Todd updates Market Journal views on the irrigation canal collapse in western Nebraska.

Published: August 2, 2019

Market Journal: Water Woes in Western Nebraska

An aerial view of the sink holes created by the July 17 tunnel collapse on the Gering-Fort Laramie/Goshen Irrigation District canal.

Published: July 26, 2019

Update on Efforts to Restore Water to North Platte River Valley Canal

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

Irrigation canal washout from tunnel collapse

Published: July 23, 2019

Wednesday A.M. Meeting to Focus on Prospects for Collapsed Irrigation Tunnel

David Ostdiek - Former Communications Specialist, Panhandle REC

Area of the North Platte River canal where the break occurred July 17.

Published: July 18, 2019

Growers in North Platte Valley Face Critical Water Loss with Canal Damage

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

Matt Stockton accepting the Oustanding Extension Program award on behalf of the UNL-TAPS team.

Published: July 15, 2019

UNL TAPS Receives Outstanding Extension Program Award

Matt Stockton - Agricultural Economist Krystle Rhoades - TAPS Program Coordinator

Figure 1. Corn in one of the irrigation research plots at the South Central Agricultural Lab was starting to show signs of stress Wednesday.

Published: July 11, 2019

Soil Water Content- and Soil Matric Potential-Based Irrigation Trigger Values for Different Soil Types

Suat Irmak – Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Pennsylvania State University

Combining corn

Published: June 18, 2019

Study: High Crop Yields Are Compatible with Prescribed Irrigation Levels

Published: June 14, 2019

Workshops Focus on Irrigation Scheduling to Save Money, Water Even in Wet Years

Planting plots in the 2019 UNL-TAPS program

Published: May 30, 2019

Hybrid Selection Sets TAPS Contests Up for a Unique Year

Krystle Rhoades - Former TAPS Program Coordinator

Xin Qiao (left), irrigation and water management specialist and principal investigator, and Jack Whittier, Panhandle Center Director of Research and Extension, accept the award from the Nebraska Environmental Trust fund to establish SDI research with livestock effluent.

Published: April 26, 2019

NET Awards Grant for Subsurface Drip Irrigation System with Feedlot

David Ostdiek - Former Communications Specialist, Panhandle REC

Growers and industry represenatives gather at the kick-off gathering for the 2019 UNL-TAPS competitions

Published: April 3, 2019

UNL-TAPS Participation Increasing in 2019

Krystle Rhoades - Former TAPS Program Coordinator

Flooded center pivot east of Schuyler (Photo by Aaron Nygren)

Published: March 25, 2019

Management Recommendations for Irrigation Equipment Affected by Flooding

Aaron Nygren - Extension Educator, Steve Melvin - Extension Educator Irrigated Cropping Systems, Troy Ingram - Former Extension Educator

Chart of grain yield and crop water use efficiency for chickpeas and field peas under dryland, deficit, and full irrigation.

Published: March 21, 2019

Yield and Water Use of Field Peas and Chickpeas Under Irrigation

Strahinja Stepanović - Former Extension Educator, Nemanja Arsenijevic – Agronomy Student at the University of Belgrade-Serbia, Zaim Ugljic – Agronomy Student at the University of Belgrade-Serbia

Discussing irrigation management at the annual UNL-TAPS banquet were (L-R): UNL-TAPS competitors Carla McCullough, Roric Paulman, and Tim Franklin, and Gerald Franklin. (Photo by Amy Kremen)

Published: February 7, 2019

Central Plains Irrigation Association Conference to Spotlight UNL TAPS

Chuck Burr - Crops and Water Extension Educator, Daran Rudnick - Former Extension Irrigation Management Specialist Krystle Rhoades - TAPS Program Coordinator

Market Journal video cover

Published: November 30, 2018

Market Journal Goes to Extension's Weed School

Cover of the UNL IANR Growing magazine

Published: November 30, 2018

IANR's Growing Focuses on Water Stewardship, Research

Multi-state map of counties showing agricultural value of irrigation water per acre ($/ac) in 2007.

Published: November 14, 2018

Cornhusker Economics: Putting a Dollar Value on Irrigation in the High Plains

Pivot Irrigation

Published: November 8, 2018

Checklist for Winterizing Your Center Pivot

Troy Ingram - Former Extension Educator

SDI Irrigation at the Panhandle Research and Extension Center

Published: November 2, 2018

Subsurface Drip Irrigation Being Tested at Panhandle Center

David Ostdiek - Former Communications Specialist, Panhandle REC Xin Qiao - Irrigation and Water Management Specialist

Soil water measuring guage.

Published: August 16, 2018

Field Days to Feature Irrigation Scheduling Equipment Demos

Steve Melvin - Extension Educator Irrigated Cropping Systems