CropWatch January 23, 2009
Crop Production
Surviving High Input Prices in Crop Production
- Extension Offers Resources to Manage High Input Costs in Crop Production
- Skip-Row Corn Provides Improved Drought Tolerance
- No-till Farming In Dryland Cropping Systems
- No-till and Controlled Wheel Traffic Can Save Irrigation Water (Save $20.10 to $33.50/acre )
- Harvesting Crop Residue: What's it Worth?
- Share Machinery, Reduce Costs — Developing a Joint Ownership Agreement
- Leasing vs Buying Ag Machinery: Factors to Assess
- Leasing vs Buying Ag Machinery: Weighing the Economics
- Using Irrigation Management Tools To Save Water And Energy ($20.12 an acre)
- Take Advantage of Manure Resources (Save $23.81/ac or more)
Hay and Forage Production
Extension Ag Programs & Resources
- Jan. 24 Market Journal: How Ag Technology is Improving Farming
- NEATA Conference to Focus on Emerging Ag Technologies Jan. 28-29
- High Plains Ag Lab Annual Research Update is Feb. 10
- Extension Webcast Offers Overview of Small Wind Turbines Feb. 13
- Corn Grower Workshops Offer Tips for Managing Water and Irrigation Systems
- Nebraska No-Till Conferences Set for Feb. 10, 11
- Weed Control Workshop at UNL Feb. 18
- Great Plains Irrigation Conference Feb. 24-25 in Kansas
- Women in Ag Conference Will be Feb. 26-27 in Kearney
- 2009 Commercial and Noncommercial Pesticide Safety Program January through April
- Improving the Profitability of Fertilizer and Manure Use: New Research Findings and Tools (Site Added)
- Chemigation Training Scheduled
- Land Application of Manure Training in January and February
USDA Reports
- Nebraska 2009 Winter Wheat Seedings Down from Last Year
- Nebraska Cattle on Feed Down 6%, National Down 7%
- Nebraska’S 2008 Crop Production