Corn and Soybean Planting Considerations for 2020
April 22, 2020
Everything we do at planting sets the stage for the rest of the year. With tight economics, it’s important to make wise decisions with the factors we can control during planting season.
Soybean Seeding Rate On-Farm Research
April 16, 2020
The Nebraska On-Farm Research Network has shown that a seeding rate of 120,000 seeds per acre has performed well across counties, farms, and fields in Nebraska.
Seeding Practices and Nitrogen Management for Western Nebraska Soybean: What Matters and Why
March 30, 2020
Continuous corn is the most common irrigated crop sequence in southwest Nebraska. Although rotating to other crops, such as soybeans, can mitigate some production issues of continuous corn and often boost the next year’s corn yield, larger adoption of soybeans has not readily occurred in this area.
Four Nebraska Farmers Share What They Learned From Conducting On-Farm Research Last Year
February 10, 2020
Conducting on-farm research can help provide the reliable answers you need to make decisions for your operation with confidence.
Field Pea Seeding Rates, Seeding Depth, and Inoculant
March 13, 2017
Grain-type field peas are a cool season grain crop grown as an alternative for no-till summer fallow in a semiarid cereal-based cropping systems such as wheat-corn-fallow and/or wheat-fallow. They are typically planted in mid-March and harvested late-July. This article reports on research conducted on seeding practices and offers recommendations for producers on the economically optimal seeding rate, seeding depth, and inoculant to grow field peas in western Nebraska.