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Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator

A March 14 noon-hour webinar will explore the issue of wheat stem maggot damaging corn planted directly into rye or wheat cover crops.

March 2, 2018

March 14 Webinar on Wheat Stem Maggot in Cover Crops

By Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator

A row of corn

March 7, 2018

On-Farm Research Results: Impact of Torque on Corn Yield

By Laura Thompson - Former Extension Educator, Keith Glewen - Extension Educator Emeritus, Dave Varner - Nebraska Extension Associate Dean, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, Gary Zoubek - Emeritus Extension Educator, Jackson Stansell - On-Farm Research Assistant

Graph of yields from soybean population study

April 6, 2018

What On-Farm Research has Taught Us about Soybean Seeding Rates

By Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, Laura Thompson - Former Extension Educator, Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist

Soil moisture sensor only partially installed due to dry ground

April 12, 2018

Determining Beginning Soil Moisture for Planning Decisions

By Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, Suat Irmak – Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, Brad Schick - Former Extension Educator

Figure 1. Planting into cold soil (below 50Â°F) when cold conditions are expected for the next 48 hours can lead to germination problems and seedlings not emerging or not emerging well. 1a. Corn seedling that started leafing out below ground and now has twisted leaves which will delay or negate normal plant development.. Figures 1b-c. Unemerged seedlings attempting to leaf out belowground. None of the seedlings shown should be counted as a productive plant.

April 12, 2018

Cold Soil Temperature and Corn Planting Windows

By Roger Elmore - Emeritus Extension Cropping Systems Agronomist, Jim Specht - Emeritus Professor of Agronomy, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, Haishun Yang - UNL Associate Professor of Agronomy and Horticulture, Patricio Grassini - Professor of Agronomy and Horticulture, and Cropping Systems Specialist

Soybean fields in planting date study at UNL's East Campus

April 19, 2018

Amplifying Positive Impacts of Early Soybean Planting

By James Specht - Emeritus Professor of Agronomy, Patricio Grassini - Professor of Agronomy and Horticulture, and Cropping Systems Specialist, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist, Roger Elmore - Emeritus Extension Cropping Systems Agronomist, Juan Ignacio Rattalino Edreira - Research Assistant Professor of Agronomy and Horticulture

Field of winter wheat

April 26, 2018

Winter Wheat Progress Across the State

By Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist, Robert Klein - Western Nebraska Crops Specialist, Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, Randy Pryor - Extension Educator

graph of nitrogen supply

January 8, 2018

Is Soybean Yield Limited by Nitrogen Supply?

By Nicolás Cafaro La Menza – Cropping Systems Specialist, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Patricio Grassini - Professor of Agronomy and Horticulture, and Cropping Systems Specialist, James Specht - Emeritus Professor of Agronomy, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, Amy Timmerman - Extension Educator, Todd Whitney - Extension Educator, Keith Glewen - Extension Educator Emeritus

Windrowing forage wheat in south central Nebraska for processing into wheatlage. (Photos by Todd Whitney)

May 17, 2018

Wheat Forage Options and Considerations

By Todd Whitney - Extension Educator, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, Mary Drewnoski - Beef Systems Specialist, Bruce Anderson - Emeritus Extension Forage Specialist, Galen Erickson - Beef Feedlot Nutrition Specialist

Corn plant damaged by wind May 10.

May 17, 2018

Assessing Effects of Recent Dust Storm on Emerged Corn

By Roger Elmore - Emeritus Extension Cropping Systems Agronomist, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, Ron Seymour - Extension Educator