Articles

Published: September 10, 2025

Navigating Farm Succession Without a Family Heir: Right of First Offer and Right of First Refusal

Jessica Groskopf - Extension Educator for Agricultural Economics

A scatter plot showing average summer temperatures in °F for multiple years, with data points colored from orange (cooler) to purple (warmer). A horizontal dashed line marks the normal average temperature of 72°F, and a vertical dashed line marks a reference year. A black star highlights 2025, positioned slightly above the 72°F line, indicating a warmer-than-average summer.

Published: September 10, 2025

Warm and Wet Summer for Nebraska

Eric Hunt - Agricultural Meteorology and Climate Resilience Extension Educator

Three men stand in a tall, green grass and wildflower field on a sunny day, holding soil sampling tools and buckets used for soil health benchmarking research.

Published: September 10, 2025

Soil Health Benchmarking: Building a Baseline for Nebraska’s Future

Farmer-Led Coalition Partners with UNL to Launch Statewide Network of Soil Health Research Hubs

Nicole Heldt - Research Project Coordinator Maharjan Soils Lab, UNL PREEC

Published: September 9, 2025

Nitrogen for Corn: N Stress — How to Detect?

A Six-Part Series Exploring Key Nitrogen Management Concepts for Corn Producers

Richard Ferguson - Extension Soil Fertility Specialist, Guillermo Balboa - Nutrient Management and Digital Agriculture, Javed Iqbal - Extension Nutrient Management and Water Quality Specialist, Nicolás Cafaro La Menza – Cropping Systems Specialist, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Carolina Córdova - Department of Agronomy and Horticulture Assistant Professor and Statewide Soil Health Specialist, Bijesh Maharjan - Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist

Published: September 9, 2025

Crop Water Use for Sept. 2-9, 2025

Gary Stone - Extension Educator, Xin Qiao - Irrigation and Water Management Specialist

Field of green alfalfa surrounded by yellow and orange trees in autumn

Published: September 8, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Considerations for Fall Forage Harvest, Alfalfa Irrigation and Last Cutting

Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Todd Whitney - Extension Educator

technician attending a western bean cutworm trap

Published: September 8, 2025

Western Bean Cutworm Monitoring in the Panhandle

Pin-Chu Lai - Extension Entomologist, Jeff Bradshaw - Director of the Doctor of Plant Health Professional Program

Split photo of black dectes stem borer adult on soybean leaf and orange soybean gall midge larvae inside soybean stem

Published: September 5, 2025

Multi-Site Extension Study Provides New Data on Soybean Pests

Late Season Update from Nebraska Soybean Board-Funded Project on Soybean Gall Midge, Dectes Stem Borer and Plant Disease Impacts

Thales Rodrigues da Silva - MSc Graduate Student, Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist, Dylan Mangel - Extension Plant Pathologist, Wayne Ohnesorg - Extension Educator, Travis J. Prochaska - Extension Educator, Ron Seymour - Extension Educator, Aaron Nygren - Extension Educator, Matheus Ribeiro - Assistant Extension Educator, Ritika Lamichhane - Extension Educator, John Nelson - Extension Educator

fall armyworm with distinctive white and dark green stripes and dots across body

Published: September 5, 2025

Fall Armyworms in Pastures, Alfalfa, Small Grains, Cover Crops and Lawns

Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist, Melissa Bartels - Former Extension Educator, Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Brad Schick - Former Extension Educator, Daren Redfearn - Associate Professor Agronomy | Updated by: Matheus Ribeiro - Assistant Extension Educator, | Updated by: David Wangila - Extension Educator, | Updated by: Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator

Soybean field with sudden death syndrome symptoms, inset close-up showing blue fungal growth on infected roots.

Published: September 4, 2025

Sudden Death Syndrome in Soybean: Tips for Diagnosis and Management

Dylan Mangel - Extension Plant Pathologist, Ritika Lamichhane - Extension Educator

Close-up of a corn leafhopper on the left and a corn leaf with reddish streaking symptoms of corn stunt disease on the right.

Published: September 4, 2025

Presence of Corn Leafhoppers Confirmed in Southeast Nebraska

Extension Monitoring for Signs of Corn Stunt Disease

Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic, Julie Peterson - Extension Entomologist, Kyle Koch - Assistant Extension Educator, Talon Mues - Extension Educator, Ron Seymour - Extension Educator, Marina de Val-Hilden - Extension Educator, David Wangila - Extension Educator, Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist, Abigail Lyons - Research Technician, Pin-Chu Lai - Extension Entomologist

A rangeland area with dense patches of dried, brown cheatgrass among scattered green grasses and weeds.

Published: September 3, 2025

Using Herbicide for Cheatgrass (Bromus Tectorum) Management in the Nebraska Panhandle

Mitchell Stephenson - Extension Range and Forage Management Specialist, Aaron Berger - Beef Extension Educator

large yellowing wheat field due to viral infection

Published: September 3, 2025

High Risks of Wheat Streak Mosaic Disease Complex from Hailstorms: Control Volunteer Wheat Before Planting Wheat

Pin-Chu Lai - Extension Entomologist, Eric Hunt - Agricultural Meteorology and Climate Resilience Extension Educator, Gary Hein - Former Director of the Doctor of Plant Health Professional Program

Front-end loader piling freshly chopped corn silage in a large outdoor silage pile under a clear blue sky.

Published: September 3, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Managing Winter Annual Forages, Verbal Lease Agreements and Corn Silage Pricing

Jerry Volesky - Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Shannon Sand - Agricultural Economics Extension Educator

Published: September 3, 2025

Crop Water Use for Aug. 26-Sept. 2, 2025

Gary Stone - Extension Educator, Xin Qiao - Irrigation and Water Management Specialist

Published: September 3, 2025

Weekly Irrigation Newsletter: Using Soil Water Tension Sensors to Schedule Irrigation in Nebraska

Bruno Lena - Former Extension Educator, Steve Melvin - Extension Educator Irrigated Cropping Systems

A man and woman in ball caps stand together near grain bins and a semi-truck unloading corn on a farm at sunset.

Published: August 29, 2025

Key Tax Changes for Farmers and Ranchers in the One Big Beautiful Bill

Tina Barrett - Executive Director of Nebraska Farm Business Inc.

A combine harvests crops in a wide Nebraska field at sunset, leaving a trail of dust under a clear sky.

Published: August 29, 2025

Navigating Farm Succession Without a Family Heir: Leasing Land to Non-Related Parties

Jessica Groskopf - Extension Educator for Agricultural Economics

Seven-day precipitation forecast map for the U.S. valid Aug. 28, 2025, showing heaviest rainfall expected across the Gulf Coast, Southeast, and southern Plains, with lighter amounts across the central and northern Corn Belt.

Published: August 29, 2025

Wet Labor Day Weekend?

Eric Hunt - Agricultural Meteorology and Climate Resilience Extension Educator

Promotional graphic for the ACREE app featuring a farmer standing in a cornfield with a smartphone. The text reads “ACREE Adds SPADE AI — New AI tool in the ACREE App helps you track soil moisture with confidence. Search ‘ACREE’ on iOS and Android.” At the bottom left are the ACREE and University of Nebraska–Lincoln logos, and on the right is a phone mockup showing the app’s irrigation scheduling screen.

Published: August 28, 2025

ACREE App Launches SPADE AI to Detect Soil Moisture Patterns and Anomalies

Xin Qiao - Irrigation and Water Management Specialist, Joseph Oboamah - Graduate Student, Yeonju Lee - Georgia Institute of Technology, Ruiqi Chen - Georgia Institute of Technology, Jing li - Georgia Institute of Technology, Yongsheng Chen - Georgia Institute of Technology, Wei-zhen Liang - Research Assistant Professor, Yeyin Shi - Agricultural Information System Engineer, Lu Gan - Georgia Institute of Technology, PoNien Su