October 17, 2008

Surviving High Input Prices in Crop Production

• Fill Drying Bins in Layers to Reduce Drying Time and Energy Cost (Save 0.29-2.5¢/bu/pt of moisture removed)
• Reduce On-Farm Grain Drying Energy Costs
• Cost Saving Ideas When Using High-Speed, High-Capacity Dryers
• Repair or Replace Inefficient Irrigation Pumping Plants
• Comparing Generic Versus Name Brand Herbicides ($5.50/ac)
• IPM: As Important Now as Ever (Save $5-$10/ac)
• Managing Foliar Diseases of Winter Wheat with Fungicides — Treatment Criteria, Profitability and Products
• Approximate Retail Price of Selected Herbicides, Comparing 2008 & 2009
• Giving Proper Nitrogen Credit for Legumes in Corn and Milo Rotations (Save $30-$80/ac)

Grain Storage

• Monitor Stored Grain Condition; Retain the Value of Your Crop

Farm Management

• Leasing Decisions Need to be Considered Carefully for the Volatile Year Ahead

Weather

• USDA Scientist Gives Insight on Climate Change and Its Implications for World Agriculture
• Freeze Ends Crop Season in Western Nebraska; Eastern Areas Escape — For Now

Pasture Management

• Revitalizing Warm-Season Pastures

Crop Reports

• Nebraska Field Updates
• A Cautionary Tale

Events and Extension Programs

• Panhandle No-Till Conference Nov. 18-19
• AgrAbility helps Nebraska Farmers with Limitations