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Closeup of hay bales wrapped in twine and stacked in a single line

Published: August 22, 2025

What’s in Your Manure? Keeping Plastic and Other Junk Out of Your Fields

Leslie Johnson - Animal Manure Management Extension Educator

Map of Nebraska and surrounding states showing minimum temperatures in the past 24 hours, with values ranging from the low 40s in the northeast to the mid-50s in the south and west.

Published: August 22, 2025

Big Cool Down Ahead

Eric Hunt - Agricultural Meteorology and Climate Resilience Extension Educator

crop water use graphic

Published: August 20, 2025

Crop Water Use for Aug. 12-19, 2025

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

crop water use graphic

Published: August 20, 2025

Crop Water Use for Aug. 12-19, 2025

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

Tractor harvesting corn silage with a forage chopper blowing chopped material into a wagon as plants mature.

Published: August 18, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Corn Silage Kernel Processing, Cover Crop Grazing and Pasture Weeds

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

Tractor harvesting corn silage with a forage chopper blowing chopped material into a wagon as plants mature.

Published: August 18, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Corn Silage Kernel Processing, Cover Crop Grazing and Pasture Weeds

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

Tractor harvesting corn silage with a forage chopper blowing chopped material into a wagon as plants mature.

Published: August 18, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Corn Silage Kernel Processing, Cover Crop Grazing and Pasture Weeds

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

Forecast map of maximum temperatures across the United States for Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, with shading showing temperature anomalies. Much of the central U.S., including Nebraska, is expected to see highs in the mid-90s to near 100°F, 10–20°F above average, while the western U.S. remains cooler than normal.

Published: August 14, 2025

Sultry August Weather

Cattle drinking from a stock tank with visible algae floating on the water’s surface.

Published: August 14, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Silage Inoculants, Fall Armyworms, and Managing Stock Tank Algae

Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator

Cattle drinking from a stock tank with visible algae floating on the water’s surface.

Published: August 14, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Silage Inoculants, Fall Armyworms, and Managing Stock Tank Algae

Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator

crop water use graphic

Published: August 13, 2025

Crop Water Use for Aug. 5-12, 2025

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

crop water use graphic

Published: August 13, 2025

Crop Water Use for Aug. 5-12, 2025

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

Corn field receiving irrigation in late season

Published: August 12, 2025

August Irrigation Scheduling Should Focus on Using Remaining Stored Soil Water

Steve Melvin - Extension Educator Irrigated Cropping Systems

Wide view of Nebraska farmland under a partly cloudy sky, with a tractor and irrigation system working in a freshly tilled field, and wind turbines standing in the distance beyond a line of trees. Ask ChatGPT

Published: August 8, 2025

Cropland Acres vs. Base Acres in Nebraska

Map of the United States showing the August 2025 precipitation outlook. Light green areas indicate a 33–40% chance of above-normal precipitation, including much of the central and eastern U.S., parts of the northern Great Plains, the Southwest, northern Alaska, and Hawaii. Light brown areas show a 33–40% chance of below-normal precipitation, centered over parts of Nevada, Idaho, and Oregon. Most other regions are forecast to have near-normal precipitation.

Published: August 7, 2025

Precipitation Chances Continue

Eric Hunt - Agricultural Meteorology and Climate Resilience Extension Educator

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

Published: August 7, 2025

New Findings in Nebraska Soybean Pest Study

Midseason 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

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

Published: August 7, 2025

New Findings in Nebraska Soybean Pest Study

Midseason 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

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

Published: August 7, 2025

New Findings in Nebraska Soybean Pest Study

Midseason 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

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

Published: August 7, 2025

New Findings in Nebraska Soybean Pest Study

Midseason 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

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

Published: August 7, 2025

New Findings in Nebraska Soybean Pest Study

Midseason 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