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Laura Thompson - Former Extension Educator

Aerial image of field showing differences between 15-inch and 30-inch row spacings

April 27, 2018

How Row Spacng Affects Irrigated Soybean in Southwest Nebraska

By Strahinja Stepanović - Former Extension Educator, Laura Thompson - Former Extension Educator, Keith Glewen - Extension Educator Emeritus

Nebraska farmer Joe Birkel on the benefits of on-farm research

January 28, 2019

Growers Statewide to Share On-Farm Research

By Laura Thompson - Former Extension Educator, Keith Glewen - Extension Educator Emeritus

Extension Educator Nathan Mueller and grower Ryan Siefken scout an on-farm soybean research plot in eastern Nebraska. (Photo by Laura Thompson)

February 8, 2019

20 Growers Sought for Soybean Yield Gap Study

By Laura Thompson - Former Extension Educator, Keith Glewen - Extension Educator Emeritus, Patricio Grassini - Professor of Agronomy and Horticulture, and Cropping Systems Specialist

Combining soybeans in 2018

March 28, 2019

Study Area Expanded for Growers Interested in Participating in Soybean Yield Gap Research

By Laura Thompson - Former Extension Educator, 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

Applying anhydrous and putting in a nitrogen test plot.

May 3, 2019

On-Farm Research Options Still Available for this Season

By Laura Thompson - Former Extension Educator

Farmers at On-Farm Research Network meeting

May 31, 2019

Study Highlights Motivations and Impact of Participating in an On-Farm Research Network

By Laura Thompson - Former Extension Educator, Keith Glewen - Extension Educator Emeritus, Roger Elmore - Emeritus Extension Cropping Systems Agronomist, Jenny Brhel - 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

Farmer field testing two cover crop management options

July 11, 2019

Farmers Find Solutions Through Nebraska Soil Health Initiative

By Fernanda Souza Krupek – Agronomy Graduate Research Assistant, Andrea Basche – Associate Professor, Daren Redfearn - Extension Forage Crop Residue Specialist, Laura Thompson - Former Extension Educator

Farmers, Nebraska Extension educators, and NRCS employees at the NRCS-Nebraska Extension Soil Health Initiative Meeting held in York earlier this year. (Photo by Laura Thompson)

July 11, 2019

Why Growers are Adopting Practices to Build Soil Health

By Fernanda Souza Krupek – Agronomy Graduate Research Assistant, Andrea Basche – Associate Professor, Daren Redfearn - Extension Forage Crop Residue Specialist, Laura Thompson - Former Extension Educator

men examine condition of soybeans in field

February 10, 2020

Four Nebraska Farmers Share What They Learned From Conducting On-Farm Research Last Year

By Laura Thompson - Former Extension Educator

A farmer inspecting soil

March 12, 2020

On-Farm Research Study to Investigate Practices to Increase Soybean Yield

By Laura Thompson - Former Extension Educator