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Green pea plants with white flowers and tendrils growing in a lush garden.

Published: September 3, 2026

Guidelines for Growing Yellow Winter Pea in Western Nebraska

Muhammad Ahmad - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Marcos Linzmeyer - Research Technician, Claudia Marchezan - Research Project Coordinator, Marcos Ventura - Research Scholar, Victoria Brittes Inklman - MSc Student, Todd Whitney - Extension Educator Extension Educators & Specialists, Dipak Santra - Alternative Crops Breeding Specialist, Nicolás Cafaro La Menza – Cropping Systems Specialist, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

Red hopper filled with light brown grains.

Published: September 1, 2026

Certified Wheat Seed: What Growers Should Consider

Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist, Amanda Easterly - Research Associate Professor, Katherine Frels - Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

Close-up of cereal rye ‘Elbon’ on the left and winter wheat on the right growing in dry, cracked soil at the Eastern Nebraska Research, Extension and Education Center as plants mature.

Published: August 27, 2026

Selecting the Right Winter Small Grain Cover Crop This Fall

Katja Koehler-Cole - Extension Educator, Andrea Basche – Associate Professor, David Scoby - Laboratory Research Manager, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Vesh R. Thapa - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

Published: February 2, 2026

Pasture and Forage Minute: Alfalfa Seed Selection to Combat Disease, Pasture Lease Considerations

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

Dipak Santra stands in a pea research field holding notes, with labeled plots and an irrigation pivot visible in the background.

Published: January 23, 2026

Results for 2025 Nebraska Pea Variety Testing Released

Dipak Santra - Alternative Crops Breeding Specialist

A field of healthy green alfalfa in spring under a cloudy sky.

Published: January 20, 2026

Pasture and Forage Minute: Snow Cover Concerns, Selecting Alfalfa Varieties

Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator

side by side comparison of cover crop fields in summer

Published: July 10, 2025

Summer Cover Crop Potential in Eastern Nebraska

Grace E. Pacheco - Former MS student, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Vesh R. Thapa - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Bridget McKinley - Former MS student, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Andrea Basche – Associate Professor, Katja Koehler-Cole - Extension Educator, Amanda Easterly - Research Associate Professor, Paul Jasa - Former Extension Engineer, Retired

Published: March 6, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Fall Dormancy vs. Winter Survival in Alfalfa

Ben Beckman - Extension Educator

Published: November 21, 2024

Maximize Profitability by Choosing the Right Corn Hybrid

Matt Stockton - Agricultural Economist

Published: May 24, 2024

Corn Hybrid Maturities and Late Planting

Jenny Brhel - Former Extension Educator, Aaron Nygren - Extension Educator

Published: March 29, 2024

This Week on N Field: Optimize Variety Placement to Boost Soybean Yields

Published: January 23, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Preparing Your Operation for 2024, Planning Spring Annual Forages

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

Published: April 6, 2022

Alfalfa Seed Selection to Help Manage Diseases

Melissa Bartels - Former Extension Educator, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator

Published: February 10, 2022

2021 Pea Variety Trial Results Available Online

Dipak Santra - Alternative Crops Breeding Specialist, David Ostdiek - Former Communications Specialist, Panhandle REC

Published: October 27, 2021

Seed Selection Can Help Manage Diseases Next Year

Melissa Bartels - Former Extension Educator, Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist

Published: December 3, 2020

2020 Pea Variety Trial Results Available Online

Dipak Santra - Alternative Crops Breeding Specialist, David Ostdiek - Former Communications Specialist, Panhandle REC

Published: November 19, 2020

Managing Diseases Starts NOW with Seed Selection

Melissa Bartels - Former Extension Educator, Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist

Published: December 17, 2019

Impact of Hybrid Selection, Planting Date and Seeding Rates on Dryland Corn in Western Nebraska

Strahinja Stepanović - Former Extension Educator, Robert Klein - Emeritus Extension Professor, Justin Richardson, Jovan Radojičić – Agronomy Student at the University of Belgrade-Serbia, Ognjen Zivkovic – Agronomy Student at the University of Belgrade-Serbia