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Man leaning against implement in field

Published: September 23, 2025

Farm Rescue: Helping Farm and Ranch Families in Crisis

National Farm Safety & Health Week is Sept. 21–27, 2025

Tractor mowing alfalfa in long green windrows on a sunny fall afternoon, with trees and hills in the background.

Published: September 22, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Using GDD for Final Alfalfa Harvest, Fall Grazing vs. Stockpiling, and Thistle Control

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

Aerial view of a farmstead with grain bins, equipment sheds, semitrucks, tractors, and pickup trucks parked around the yard, surrounded by expansive open fields under a clear blue sky.

Published: September 19, 2025

Navigating Farm Succession Without a Family Heir: Selling Assets During Life

Jessica Groskopf - Extension Educator for Agricultural Economics

U.S. 6–10 day temperature outlook showing above-normal temps favored across most of the country (strongest Upper Midwest), near-normal along parts of the West Coast, and below-normal over portions of coastal Alaska/Aleutians.

Published: September 19, 2025

Warm and Dry Finish to September

Eric Hunt - Agricultural Meteorology and Climate Resilience Extension Educator

Nebraska map of NiRIA priority areas: Priority A (red) concentrated along the central Platte corridor and parts of the northeast and southwest; Priority B (gray) scattered in broad bands statewide; all other areas Priority C (pale yellow).

Published: September 19, 2025

Nebraska’s Nitrogen Reduction Incentive Act (NiRIA) Program Opens for 2026 Applications

Drought- and disease-damaged corn plants in a Nebraska field, with stalks leaning and ears exposed as plants mature.

Published: September 19, 2025

Harvest 2025 Prep Guide: Minimize Losses in Disease-Stressed Corn

Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, David S. Wangila - Extension Educator

Split graphic with 'Soybean Pest Alert' over images of an adult soybean tentiform leafminer on leaf and larva on leaf

Published: September 18, 2025

Soybean Tentiform Leafminer Detected in Several New Nebraska Counties

New to Nebraska in 2024, Now Confirmed Across Eastern Nebraska in 2025

Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist, Nikki Luhr, Wayne Ohnesorg - Extension Educator, Thales Rodrigues da Silva - MSc Graduate Student

Published: September 17, 2025

Nitrogen for Corn: 1.2 lb N Per Bushel — Where Did That Come From?

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

Hero graphic showing a mature cornfield at sunset with the headline “2025 Corn Yield Forecasts — Final Predictions” and an inset NE–KS map with yield-probability pies.

Published: September 17, 2025

2025 Corn Yield Forecasts: Cooler Weather at Season’s End Increased Forecasted Yields for Region

Patricio Grassini - Professor of Agronomy and Horticulture, and Cropping Systems Specialist, Jose Andrade - UNL Affiliate, Fernando Aramburu Merlos - UNL Affiliate, Haishun Yang - UNL Associate Professor of Agronomy and Horticulture, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, Jeff Coulter - Professor and Extension Specialist, University of Minnesota, Mark Licht - ISU Associate Professor, Extension Cropping System Specialist, Sotirios Archontoulis - ISU Professor, Maninder Pal Singh - Michigan State University Associate Professor of Cropping Systems Agronomy, Osler Ortez - Ohio State University Department of Horticulture and Crop Science Assistant Professor, Daniel Quinn - Assistant Professor of Agronomy and Extension Corn Specialist, Purdue University, Ana Carcedo - Assistant Professor and Extension Agronomist, North Dakota State University

crop water use graphic

Published: September 16, 2025

Crop Water Use for Sept. 9-16, 2025

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

Pile of chopped corn silage under a blue sky with an inset photo showing southern rust pustules on a corn leaf, highlighting disease risk at harvest.

Published: September 15, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Southern Rust Impacts on Corn Silage, Testing Hay Quality and Fall Armyworm Management

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

Collage showing wheat stem maggot damage in corn: close-up of a larva on a corn stem, a row of young corn plants in residue, and mature plants with delayed ear development. Text overlay reads ‘Tracking Wheat Stem Maggot Damage in Corn.'

Published: September 12, 2025

Wheat Stem Maggot in Corn: Field Observations and Follow-Up

Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist, Aaron Nygren - Extension Educator, Talon Mues - Extension Educator, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator

Four-panel collage of soybean leaves and stems with chlorosis and stem discoloration from different late-season diseases, each panel marked with a small question mark, and the title ‘Late-Season Look-Alikes: Can You Spot the Difference?’ across the top.

Published: September 12, 2025

Late-Season Soybean Diseases and Insect Issues

Dylan Mangel - Extension Plant Pathologist, Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist

Sorghum plants dominate a tall cover crop mix in August 2024.

Published: September 11, 2025

How Do Cover Crops Designed for Game Birds Affect Soil Health?

Katja Koehler-Cole - Extension Educator, Nathan Pflueger - Precision Ag Coordinator, Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever

A U.S. weather outlook map showing a high probability of above-normal temperatures across most of the country, with the darkest shading over the Midwest and Southeast. Nebraska and surrounding states are highlighted in shades of orange, indicating a moderate chance of warmer-than-normal conditions. Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories are also shown in insets, with similar above-normal trends.

Published: September 11, 2025

Precipitation Chances and Warm Week Ahead

Eric Hunt - Agricultural Meteorology and Climate Resilience Extension Educator

Map of Nebraska counties showing wheat stem sawfly and parasitoid presence, overlaid on a close-up photo of a wheat stem sawfly on a wheat stem.

Published: September 11, 2025

Wheat Stem Sawfly Update: New GDD Tool to Track Spring Flight

Vinicius Zuppa - Assistant Extension Educator, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator, Ruby Collins - Extension Educator, Amanda Easterly - Research Associate Professor, Jeff Bradshaw - Director of the Doctor of Plant Health Professional Program, Pin-Chu Lai - Extension Entomologist

A combine unloads freshly harvested soybean into a grain cart in the middle of a field under a partly cloudy sky. The harvested field stretches into the distance, and the grain cart is nearly full of golden soybean.

Published: September 11, 2025

Plan Harvest to Deliver Soybean at Optimum Moisture

Randy Pryor - Extension Educator, Keith Glewen - Extension Educator Emeritus, Paul Jasa - Former Extension Engineer, Retired, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator | Updated by: Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, | Updated by: Aaron Nygren - Extension Educator, | Updated by: Anastasia Meyer - Agricultural Economist and Extension Instructor

Older man closing gate on farm

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