Cover Crops

Aug. 20 Farm Tour to Look at Cover Crops, Flaming, and Crimping

August 1, 2016

A Butler County farm tour will look at two operations where growers have integrated cover crops and used flaming or crimper tecnology to manage weeds. The tour will be Saturday, August 20 from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and followed by a meal.

Wheat Stem Maggot Damaging Corn after Rye

June 9, 2016

UNL has been tracking an unusual insect pest the past couple of years in northeast Nebraska that may be a potential concern to farmers growing corn after rye or other grass cover crops. A number of producers and crop scouts have reported stunted corn plants at V1 to V2 with brown flagging in their fields due to the wheat stem maggot (WSM), a species of Chloropid fly. These are small flies that are typically about 1/8 inch long with black and yellow markings. The wheat stem maggot overwinters in the stem of its host plants as a larva and emerges in May to begin feeding.

Screen capture of RMA forage insurance decision support tool

July 15 Deadlines Approaching For Annual Forage Insurance

May 23, 2016

Annual Forage Insurance coverage is available in Nebraska for annual forage plants seeded for use as livestock feed or fodder. This includes, but is not limited to, plants seeded for grazing, haying, grazing/haying, grain/grazing, green chop, grazing/green chop, or silage. The deadline is July 15 for 1) sign-up for coverage on fall-planted forage and 2) reporting on coverage purchased last December.

Crimper designed by UNL students to be used in cover crops

Mulch Cropping Field Day & Crimper Demonstration Sunday near Abie

May 13, 2016

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is hosting a Mulch Cropping Field Day May 15 to show use of a crimper to provide mulch and drilling beans into crimped triticale.

Planting Corn into a Cereal Rye Cover Crop

April 29, 2016

Cereal rye has become a popular cover crop to reduce soil erosion and add carbon to the soil system.

Cover Crop/Soil Health Field Day April 18 near Falls City

April 13, 2016

A cover crop/soil health field day, previously scheduled for March 30, has been rescheduled for 9 a.m. April 18 at the Jon Keithley Farm northwest of Falls City. The event will be at 71475 650 Avenue.

Cover Crop/Soil Health Field Day near Falls City Canceled

March 21, 2016

This Cover Crop Field Day has been canceled.

View various cover crop species and mixtures at a cover crop/soil health field day Wednesday, March 30 at the Jon Keithley Farm northwest of Falls City at 71475 650 Ave.

Herbicide Options for Planting Forage Cover Crops after Corn and Soybean

March 18, 2016

Cover crop adoption is continuing to increase throughout Nebraska. Respondents to the 2015 cover crop survey conducted during Nebraska extension meetings indicated the top five desired benefits from cover crops are

This Cover Crop Field Day has been canceled.

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