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Sugar beet harvest in the Nebraska Panhandle 2015. Researchers are now studying opportunities for using sugar beets not processed for human consumption as a livestock feed. (Photo by Gary Stone)

Published: October 19, 2017

Sugar Beet Chopping Demonstration Oct. 25 at Panhandle Research Feedlot

David Ostdiek - Former Communications Specialist, Panhandle REC

Figure 1. On Oct. 23, 2016, members of the Stanton Fire Department responded to a combine fire that started in the engine compartment. The combine was considered a total loss, but the quick response of firefighters allowed them to save the bean head, and control the fire from spreading into surrounding vegetation. (Photo by the Stanton County Sheriffâs Office)

Published: October 18, 2017

Keeping Your Equipment and Fields Fire Safe At Harvest

John Wilson - Extension Educator Emeritus

Published: October 18, 2017

Drones Buzzing Toward Increased Crop Production

Water for Food News Release

Flooded soybean field in northeast Nebraska

Published: October 13, 2017

End of Season Flooding Effects on Soybeans, Harvest

Amy Timmerman - Extension Educator

Figure 1. Maintaining grain quality during extended storage requires extra care and management.

Published: October 13, 2017

Long-term Grain Storage Requires Good Management

North Dakota State University News Release

CropWatch Graphic

Published: October 13, 2017

Q&A: Syngenta Settlement

J. David Aiken - Extension Water and Agricultural Law Specialist

CropWatch Graphic

Published: October 13, 2017

EPA and States' Collective Efforts Lead to Regulatory Action on Dicamba

EPA News Release

Fall armyworm

Published: October 12, 2017

Which Bt Traits Do You Need to Purchase?

Julie Peterson - Extension Entomologist, Jeff Bradshaw - Director of the Doctor of Plant Health Professional Program, Thomas Hunt - Extension Entomologist, Lance Meinke - Professor of Entomology, Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist, Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist

To avoid compacting more of the field, the grain cart should run down the same row middles as the combine. An auger extension may be needed on the combine to get the wheel tracks to line up. The wheel spacing on the combine, tractor, and grain cart should be adjusted to all run between the rows.

Published: October 11, 2017

Avoiding Compaction at Harvest

Paul Jasa - Former Extension Engineer, Retired

Figure 1. Various soybean varieties exhibit differences in Sudden Death Syndrome foliar symptoms. (Photo by Nathan Mueller)

Published: October 11, 2017

Large Check, Small Seed, Significant Impact

Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist, Roger Elmore - Emeritus Extension Cropping Systems Agronomist, Troy Ingram - Former Extension Educator

Tractor Restoration Club members (from left) Kiel Kruse, Joshua Bauer and Jaythan Scheideler work with support pieces that will be attached to the 1945 Allis Chalmers Model C so it can be moved around for restoration work. Club members are preparing the tractor for display at the Homestead National Monument of America near Beatrice.

Published: October 10, 2017

Restoring an 'American Treasure' — a 1945 Allis Chalmers

Leslie Reed - University Communication

CropWatch Graphic

Published: October 10, 2017

Extension Crop & Field Reports

Nebraska Extension

Nebraska map of PPDC reporting districts

Published: October 6, 2017

Crop Diseases Confirmed by PPDC Sept. 27-Oct. 5

Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic

Picket combine

Published: October 6, 2017

Precipitation Slows and Complicates Dry Bean Harvest

Gary Stone - Extension Educator

Market Journal graphic

Published: October 6, 2017

Market Journal: Grain Market Analysis & Syngenta Lawsuit Update

Farm scene

Published: October 6, 2017

So You’ve Inherited a Farm, Now What?

Allan Vyhnalek - Extension Educator, Farm/Ranch Succession and Transition

Grain Marketing graphic

Published: October 6, 2017

Developing a Grain Marketing Plan in 5 Easy Steps

Jessica Groskopf - Extension Educator for Agricultural Economics

Western bean cutworm colony

Published: October 4, 2017

Establishing a Western Bean Cutworm Colony in the Laboratory

Katharine Swoboda Bhattarai - Entomology Postdoctoral Associate, Débora Montezano – Entomology PhD Student, Priscilla Colombo da Luz - VIsiting Entomology Scholar, Julie Peterson - Extension Entomologist, Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist

CropWatch Graphic

Published: October 3, 2017

How Freezes Affect Forages

Bruce Anderson - Emeritus Extension Forage Specialist

James MacDonald

Published: October 3, 2017

Researchers to Study Increased Land Use Efficiencies of Integrating Cattle and Crops

IANR News Release