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Dipak Santra - Alternative Crops Breeding Specialist

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March 8, 2016

Replacing Summer Fallow with Grain-Type Field Peas: Rotational Costs and Benefits

By Strahinja Stepanović - Former Extension Educator, Jeremy Milander - Former Water and Crops Extension Educator, Julie Peterson - Extension Entomologist, Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist, Dipak Santra - Alternative Crops Breeding Specialist

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March 8, 2016

Replacing Summer Fallow with Grain-Type Field Peas: Planting Population

By Strahinja Stepanović - Former Extension Educator, Jeremy Milander - Former Water and Crops Extension Educator, Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist, Dipak Santra - Alternative Crops Breeding Specialist

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May 10, 2016

6 Nebraska Wheat Variety Tours

By Dipak Santra - Alternative Crops Breeding Specialist, Chuck Burr - Crops and Water Extension Educator, Todd Whitney - Extension Educator, Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist

It usually takes five to 10 years of research and testing before a new wheat variety is released for production. (Photo by David Ostdiek)

September 1, 2016

2016 Winter Wheat Varieties for Nebraska

By Dipak Santra - Alternative Crops Breeding Specialist, Teshome Regassa - Research Assistant Professor, Rodrigo Werle - Cropping Systems Specialist, P. Stephen Baenziger - UNL Professor and Nebraska Wheat Growers Presidential Chair, Robert Klein - Western Nebraska Crops Specialist

In these research trials in western Nebraska winter triticale was found to offer several advantages over winter barley as a cover crop.

December 1, 2016

Triticale: A Useful Component of a Cover Crop

By P. Stephen Baenziger - UNL Professor and Nebraska Wheat Growers Presidential Chair, Dipak Santra - Alternative Crops Breeding Specialist, Robert Mitchell - USDA-ARS Research Agronomist

field pea comparison

March 10, 2017

Field Pea Production: Rotational Costs and Benefits

By Strahinja Stepanović - Former Extension Educator, Rodrigo Werle - Cropping Systems Specialist, Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist, Chuck Burr - Crops and Water Extension Educator, Dipak Santra - Alternative Crops Breeding Specialist, Julie Peterson - Extension Entomologist, Tony Adesemoye - Extension Plant Pathologist, Daran Rudnick - Former Extension Irrigation Management Specialist

Field pea

March 13, 2017

Field Pea Seeding Rates, Seeding Depth, and Inoculant

By Strahinja Stepanović - Former Extension Educator, Rodrigo Werle - Cropping Systems Specialist, Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist, Chuck Burr - Crops and Water Extension Educator, Dipak Santra - Alternative Crops Breeding Specialist, Julie Peterson - Extension Entomologist, Tony Adesemoye - Extension Plant Pathologist, Daran Rudnick - Former Extension Irrigation Management Specialist

Field pea

May 4, 2017

Yellow Field Peas Fare Well After Recent Lows

By Dipak Santra - Alternative Crops Breeding Specialist, Strahinja Stepanović - Former Extension Educator, Rodrigo Werle - Cropping Systems Specialist, Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist

Field pea variety trial in Perkins

May 24, 2017

Field Pea Field Days Scheduled for June at 5 Locations across Nebraska

By Strahinja Stepanović - Former Extension Educator, Rodrigo Werle - Cropping Systems Specialist, Chuck Burr - Crops and Water Extension Educator, Dipak Santra - Alternative Crops Breeding Specialist, Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist

Pulse crops

January 9, 2018

January Pulse Crop Programs Offer Two Approaches to Fit Your Needs

By Strahinja Stepanović - Former Extension Educator, Dipak Santra - Alternative Crops Breeding Specialist, Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist