Pest Management

2018 Guide to Pest Management in Nebraska

Get a Free 2018 Guide to Pest Management in Nebraska

November 28, 2018
Copies of the 2018 Nebraska Extension Guide for Weed, Disease, and Insect Management in Nebraska are being made available free to make room for the 2019 Guide. Here's how to order yours.

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Jonathan Lundgren
Jonathan Lundgren

Ecological Pest Management and Beneficial Insects Topics of April 14, 15 Programs

April 6, 2017

Jonathan Lundgren will be the keynote speaker for the Ecologically Based Pest and Disease Management program April 14 at North Platte.  It will be held from 10 a.m. to noon at the West Central Research and Extension Center, 402 W. State Farm Road.

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March Course Focuses on Farming with Beneficial Insects for Pest Control

March 2, 2017

Learn a science-based strategy that seeks to integrate beneficial insects for natural pest control at a March 23 hosted by Nebraska Extension.

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2016 Crop Scout Training
Figure 1. Nebraska Extension Educator Keith Glewen is shown teaching about corn growth stages at the 2016 Nebraska Extension Crop Scout Training.

Crop Scout Training March 14 at UNL's ARDC

February 27, 2017
Industry representatives and corn and soybean growers wanting to learn how to better manage corn and soybean pests should plan to attend the Nebraska Extension Crop Scout Training for Pest Managers March 14 at the Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center located at the Agricultural Research and Development Center near Mead.

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UNL Releases New Web Tool for Soybean Pest Management

April 14, 2016
What should I be scouting for in my soybeans today? In two weeks? What cultural practices might affect disease development? SoyCal, a new online tool from UNL, offers timely pest management information, recommended tasks, and UNL research results to help you tackle Nebraska’s primary soybean pests. Developed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln doctoral student Josh Miller with financial support from the Nebraska Soybean Board, the Soybean Management Calendar is now available at CropWatch.unl.edu/SoyCal.

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Market Journal: Market Analysis, Trade, and Resistance Management

January 15, 2016

View the full Jan. 15 Market Journal episode or selected segments below.

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Potato leafhopper

Start Scouting for Potato Leafhoppers in Alfalfa

June 7, 2023
Potato leafhoppers have the potential to injure alfalfa in Nebraska every year and have been reported recently in southeast Nebraska. Generally, they are a second and third cutting pest.

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