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Person holding an unmarked pesticide container in an early-season cornfield, illustrating herbicide planning and compliance requirements.

Published: December 10, 2025

Endangered Species Act: Runoff and Erosion Mitigation, Part 2

Milos Zaric - Department of Agronomy and Horticulture Assistant Professor, Greg Puckett - Extension Assistant, Craig Romary - Environmental Programs Specialist, Nebraska Department of Agriculture

A partially eaten round hay bale sits beside a metal feeder ring in a muddy winter pasture with leafless trees in the background.

Published: December 8, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Tips for Safe, Efficient Hay Feeding During Winter

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

NOAA 8–14 day precipitation outlook showing Nebraska near normal, with drier conditions south and wetter chances north.

Published: December 5, 2025

Snow Chances Saturday and Rollercoaster Temps

Eric Hunt - Agricultural Meteorology and Climate Resilience Extension Educator

White C-shaped grub larva curled among dense plant roots in dark soil.

Published: December 4, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Hay Field Soil Sampling, Winter Insect Mortality

Todd Whitney - Extension Educator, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator

Shriveled yellow corn kernel with a pinched base held between two fingers, showing poor fill and stress-related kernel development issues.

Published: December 3, 2025

Disappointing Corn Yields in 2025

Tom Hoegemeyer - Former Adjunct Professor of Practice, Roger Elmore - Emeritus Extension Cropping Systems Agronomist, Eric Hunt - Agricultural Meteorology and Climate Resilience Extension Educator, Bob Nielsen - Professor Emeritus, Purdue University , Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator

Farm equipment chops and loads corn residue at sunset, with tractors and a forage harvester working through a dusty field after harvest.

Published: December 3, 2025

60 Harvests: Changes I Have Seen

Tom Hoegemeyer - Former Adjunct Professor of Practice

Person holding an unmarked pesticide container in an early-season cornfield, illustrating herbicide planning and compliance requirements.

Published: December 3, 2025

Endangered Species Act in Nebraska: Crop Protection Program Requirements, Part 1

Milos Zaric - Department of Agronomy and Horticulture Assistant Professor, Greg Puckett - Extension Assistant, Craig Romary - Environmental Programs Specialist, Nebraska Department of Agriculture

Angus cattle graze corn residue field under a blue sky

Published: December 2, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Partial Budgeting for Forage Changes, Grazing Bt Corn Residue

Shannon Sand - Agricultural Economics Extension Educator, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator

U.S. map showing slight risk of heavy snow Nov. 28–Dec. 3 along a broad band from the Rockies through the Midwest to the Northeast, highlighted in purple.

Published: November 20, 2025

Rain Chances, Nice Weekend, Seasonal Thanksgiving, Cold Coming

Eric Hunt - Agricultural Meteorology and Climate Resilience Extension Educator

Brown mushroom-like apothecia emerging from moist soil and crop residue, indicating active white mold spore production in the field.

Published: November 20, 2025

Confronting Cropping Challenges to Tackle 2025 Problem Weeds and Pests in December Sessions

Aaron Nygren - Extension Educator, Amy Timmerman - Extension Educator, Kayla Nilson - Extension Educator, Leslie Johnson - Animal Manure Management Extension Educator, Mailson Freire de Oliveira – Assistant Extension Educator, Marina de Val-Hilden - Extension Educator, Nicole Luhr - Extension Educator, Travis J. Prochaska - Extension Educator, Steve Melvin - Extension Educator Irrigated Cropping Systems, Wayne Ohnesorg - Extension Educator

Prescribed burn on farmland

Published: November 17, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Corn Residue Grazing Impacts, Controlling Eastern Red Cedar

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

A field of standing milo with green seedheads and some yellowing lower leaves, growing in dry, sandy soil under a light blue sky.

Published: November 14, 2025

Direct Grazing of Standing Milo with Cows Examined in Webinar

Aaron Berger - Beef Extension Educator

A national precipitation forecast map showing expected rainfall totals over seven days, with heavier amounts along the West Coast and lighter totals across the Plains.

Published: November 14, 2025

Record Warmth Tomorrow and Rain Chances Next Week

Eric Hunt - Agricultural Meteorology and Climate Resilience Extension Educator

Close-up of ripe grain sorghum heads in a sunlit field, with golden leaves and warm evening light in the background.

Published: November 10, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Winter Grazing Native Range and Standing Milo

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

U.S. map showing temperature outlook with above-normal temperatures expected across most of the central and eastern United States, below-normal temperatures in parts of the West Coast, and near-normal conditions along the Northeast and Pacific Northwest coasts.

Published: November 7, 2025

Brief Cold Snap Before Mild Temperatures Return

Eric Hunt - Agricultural Meteorology and Climate Resilience Extension Educator

Holstein cattle graze a grassy field beside a mature soybean field ready for harvest.

Published: November 3, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Late Fall Rye Planting, Soybean Residue for Forage

Todd Whitney - Extension Educator, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator

U.S. climate outlook map showing probabilities for November–January precipitation, with below-normal chances across the central and southern Plains, near-normal in much of the Midwest, and above-normal in parts of the Pacific Northwest, Northeast, and southern Alaska.

Published: October 30, 2025

Cool Saturday, Then Seasonally Warm and Dry

Eric Hunt - Agricultural Meteorology and Climate Resilience Extension Educator

A collage of four images showing soil health farmers Paula and Tom Peterson from Waverly, Nebraska — the couple standing together in a cover crop field, a tractor cutting hay, a green soybean field, and cattle grazing on pasture.

Published: October 28, 2025

Soil Health Stories: Paula and Tom Peterson — Stewarding the Land for Generations

Christina NoKu - UNL Environmental Science Graduate Student, Rylie Carter - UNL Animal Science Undergraduate Student, Zack Gaffney - UNL Agronomy Undergraduate Student, Carolina Córdova - Department of Agronomy and Horticulture Assistant Professor and Statewide Soil Health Specialist

A combine harvests dry beans in a dry Nebraska field, raising a cloud of dust under a clear blue sky.

Published: October 28, 2025

On-Farm Research Plots Harvest Last of Dry Beans

Gary Stone - Extension Educator, John Thomas - Crops Extension Educator

Black Angus cattle graze corn residue in a harvested field under a partly cloudy sky near a distant grain elevator.

Published: October 28, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Nutrition, Disease Concerns for Crop Residue Grazing

Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Todd Whitney - Extension Educator