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Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist

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August 16, 2019

August 30 Field Day to Showcase Local Value of Soil Health

By Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist

Figure 6. University of Nebraska-Lincoln winter wheat variety trial (25 entries/varieties) on July 16 in Washington County hosted by Hoegermeyer Farms, southwest of Herman. (Photo by Nathan Mueller)

August 15, 2019

A Review of the 2018-19 Eastern Nebraska Winter Wheat Growing Season

By Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist, Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Randy Pryor - Extension Educator, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, Melissa Bartels - Former Extension Educator, Megan Taylor - Former Extension Educator, P. Stephen Baenziger - UNL Professor and Nebraska Wheat Growers Presidential Chair, Michael Sindelar - Former Cropping Systems Extension Educator

In-season nitrogen (UAN) is applied to corn in an on-farm research study. For fields with suspected nitrogen loss, on-farm research is a great way to evaluate in-season N rates and recommendation approaches. (Photo by Richard Ferguson)

June 21, 2019

Does Your Corn Need Added Nitrogen? On-farm Research can Help Evaluate That

By Laura Thompson - Former Extension Educator, Joe Luck - Extension Precision Agriculture Engineer, Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist

Soybean emerging from a crack in a heavily crusted field.

June 14, 2019

Considerations after Crusted Soybean

By Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, James Specht - Emeritus Professor of Agronomy, Roger Elmore - Emeritus Extension Cropping Systems Agronomist, Aaron Nygren - Extension Educator, Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist

Figure 1. Winter wheat variety trial at the Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center, 2019. (Photos by Nathan Mueller)

June 7, 2019

Eastern Nebraska Wheat, Pulse and Double Crop Field Day June 18

By Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist

Figure 1. Leaf rust, powdery mildew, and a fungal leaf spot all present in a single plot at UNLâs Havelock Research Farm near Lincoln on June 6 (Photo by Stephen Wegulo)

June 7, 2019

Wheat Update: Diseases Are Increasing

By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist

Figure 1. A research plot at the universityâs Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center (ENREC) near Mead on May 13, 2019. The entire plot is covered with no-till corn residue. The west half also is covered with a November 17 planted cereal rye cover crop. Soil temperatures 2 inches deep were recorded in each half, but were essentially the same, so are averaged in this report.

May 16, 2019

Soybean Germination/Emergence with April Planting Dates Relative to Coincident Air and Soil Temperatures in April and May

By James Specht - Emeritus Professor of Agronomy, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, Roger Elmore - Emeritus Extension Cropping Systems Agronomist, Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist, Keith Glewen - Extension Educator Emeritus

Early planted wheat field in Nuckolls County; taken early May 2019

May 3, 2019

Eastern Nebraska Winter Wheat Update

By Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist, Randy Pryor - Extension Educator, Melissa Bartels - Former Extension Educator, Michael Sindelar - Former Cropping Systems Extension Educator, Megan Taylor - Former Extension Educator, Teshome Regassa - Research Assistant Professor, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator

Research plot with no-till corn residue, with left half planted to cereal rye in November 2018

April 25, 2019

Considerations when Planting Soybean Early

By Jim Specht - Emeritus Professor of Agronomy, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, Roger Elmore - Emeritus Extension Cropping Systems Agronomist, Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist, Keith Glewen - Extension Educator Emeritus

Layout of data-intensive prescription research conducted in Saunders County

April 18, 2019

Soybean Seeding Rates

By Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, Laura Thompson - Former Extension Educator, Strahinja Stepanović - Former Extension Educator, Joe Luck - Extension Precision Agriculture Engineer, Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist

Screen show of the video, Growing Annual Forages, one of five available from the April 9, 2019 post-flood meeting.

April 12, 2019

Growing Annual Forages to Replace Flood Losses

By Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist

Nebraska map showing departure from normal precipitation in inches for the last 6 months (9/25/2018 through 3/24/2019, generated on 3/25/2019 at HPRCC)

March 26, 2019

Topdressing Winter Wheat with Fertilizer Nitrogen

By Bijesh Maharjan - Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist, Charles Wortmann - Emeritus Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist, Karen DeBoer - Former Extension Educator, Brian Krienke - Former Soils Extension Educator, Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist

Card promoting the Confronting Cropping Challenges meetings

November 27, 2018

Confront Crop Challenges and Update Applicator Certification

By Aaron Nygren - Extension Educator, John Wilson - Extension Educator Emeritus, Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist, Megan Taylor - Former Extension Educator, Wayne Ohnesorg - Extension Educator

UNL variety trials conducted in eastern Nebraska are an important process to help guide growerâs variety selection.

September 27, 2018

Winter Wheat Varieties with an Eastern Nebraska Fit

By Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist, Teshome Regassa - Research Assistant Professor, Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Randy Pryor - Extension Educator, Megan Taylor - Former Extension Educator

Chart of Nebraska corn yields trends from 1971 to 1917.

August 15, 2018

Soybean and Corn Yield and Acreage Trends

By Jim Specht - Emeritus Professor of Agronomy, Patricio Grassini - Professor of Agronomy and Horticulture, and Cropping Systems Specialist, Tom Hoegemeyer - Adjunct Professor of Practice, Roger Elmore - Emeritus Extension Cropping Systems Agronomist, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist, Keith Glewen - Extension Educator Emeritus

Photos of two very different eastern Nebraska wheat fields

July 25, 2018

Recap of 2017-18 Eastern Nebraska Winter Wheat Crop

By Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Randy Pryor - Extension Educator, Teshome Regassa - Research Assistant Professor, P. Stephen Baenziger - UNL Professor and Nebraska Wheat Growers Presidential Chair, Gary Lesoing - Former Extension Educator

Late herbicide application in corn after hail

July 12, 2018

Weed Management Considerations Following Hail Damage to Corn or Soybean

By Chris Proctor - Weed Management Extension Educator, Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist

a flooded field

June 28, 2018

Information and Resources for Flooded Fields

By Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist, Aaron Nygren - Extension Educator, John Wilson - Extension Educator Emeritus

2018 wheat with bacterial leaf streak

June 22, 2018

Bacterial Leaf Streak More Prevalent in Winter Wheat in 2018

By Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist

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May 3, 2018

Growers Share Wheat Condition, Yield Updates

By Nebraska Wheat Board, Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist