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Sand-covered pasture near Ravenna

Published: May 2, 2019

Workshop: Recovering River Frontage Ag Land

Jerry Volesky - Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist

Wheat field

Published: May 1, 2019

USDA Ag Research Develops Calculation Correction for Grain Quality Test

Sharon Durham - USDA ARS Public Affairs Specialist

CropWatch Graphic

Published: May 1, 2019

Examining the Capacity of Nebraska Rangelands for Cattle Production

Cornhusker Economics

Mark Rosegrant, research fellow emeritus at the International Food Policy Research Institute, delivers the final Heuermann Lecture of the 2018-19 season April 30 at Nebraska Innovation Campus. (Craig Chandler/University Communication)

Published: May 1, 2019

Heuermann Lecture Focuses on the Power of Water

Haley Apel - IANR Media

Chuck Hibberd (left), dean and director of Nebraska Extension, poses with J. Scott Angle, director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, during the NIFA Hall of Fame ceremony April 25 in Washington, D.C. (USDA-NIFA)

Published: April 29, 2019

Nebraska Extension’s Chuck Hibberd Inducted into NIFA Hall of Fame

CropWatch Graphic

Published: April 29, 2019

Corn and Soybean Planting Near Last Year's Progress

Culex mosquito

Published: April 29, 2019

Best Repellents for Mosquitoes and Ticks

Jody Green - Extension Educator and Entomologist

Given market prices, grazing winter wheat rather than harvesting for grain may be more profitable for some growers this year.

Published: April 29, 2019

Evaluating Winter Wheat for Use as Forage or Grain

Aaron Berger - Beef Extension Educator

Photo of a farmer in contemplation in a field

Published: April 26, 2019

New Wellness Resources for Farm and Ranch Families

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

Soybean root lesion

Published: April 26, 2019

New CW Podcast on Soybean Seedling Diseases

Michael Sindelar - Former Cropping Systems Extension Educator, Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist

CropWatch Graphic

Published: April 25, 2019

Tavium: A New Premix of Dicamba and S-Metolachlor is Labeled

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

Farm Finance and Ag Law Clinics

Published: April 25, 2019

One-on-One Farm Finance and Ag Law Clinics this May

Research plot with no-till corn residue, with left half planted to cereal rye in November 2018

Published: April 25, 2019

Considerations when Planting Soybean Early

Jim Specht - Emeritus Professor of Agronomy, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, Roger Elmore - Emeritus Extension Cropping Systems Agronomist, Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist, Keith Glewen - Extension Educator Emeritus

Graph of multiple Corn Belt studies looking at the optimum corn planting window

Published: April 24, 2019

Windows of Opportunity for Corn Planting: Data from Across the Corn Belt

Roger Elmore - Emeritus Extension Cropping Systems Agronomist, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator

Graph showing irrigated corn yield departure from Trend-Line Yields and Corn Planting Progress by April 29 for 1985-2018 (excluding 1993 data) in Nebraska. From USDA-NASS survey data.

Published: April 24, 2019

Windows of Opportunity for Corn Planting: Nebraska Data

Roger Elmore - Emeritus Extension Cropping Systems Agronomist, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator

Planter ready to enter the field.

Published: April 24, 2019

Corn and Soybean Planting Considerations

Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, Roger Elmore - Emeritus Extension Cropping Systems Agronomist, Jim Specht - Emeritus Professor of Agronomy

Published: April 23, 2019

Property Taxes and Flood Damage

J. David Aiken - Extension Water and Agricultural Law Specialist

Scotch thistle

Published: April 23, 2019

Watch for Invasive Plants After the Flood

Gary Stone - Extension Educator

After flood waters recede, fields and farms have been left with layers of loose cornstalk debris that needs to be deposed of.

Published: April 19, 2019

Stuck on Stalks? Consider These Options for Managing Loose Cornstalks

John Wilson - Extension Educator Emeritus