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John Wilson - Extension Educator Emeritus

Figure 1. On Oct. 23, 2016, members of the Stanton Fire Department responded to a combine fire that started in the engine compartment. The combine was considered a total loss, but the quick response of firefighters allowed them to save the bean head, and control the fire from spreading into surrounding vegetation. (Photo by the Stanton County Sheriffâs Office)

October 18, 2017

Keeping Your Equipment and Fields Fire Safe At Harvest

By John Wilson - Extension Educator Emeritus

Soil Sample

November 9, 2017

Quality SCN Samples are Part Science, Part Art

By John Wilson - Extension Educator Emeritus, Loren Giesler - Extension Plant Pathologist

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

Soybean cyst nematodes (red arrows) differentiated from N nodules

July 25, 2018

Now's an Opportune Time to Scout for SCN

By John Wilson - Extension Educator Emeritus

Combine loading grain into a truck

August 24, 2018

Preparing for Harvest, Grain Storage

By John Wilson - Extension Educator Emeritus

cropwatch graphic

September 4, 2018

Q&A: USDA Market Facilitation Program

By John Wilson - Extension Educator Emeritus

Field with severe SCN infestation

September 19, 2018

New Methods Needed to Manage SCN in Soybean

By John Wilson - Extension Educator Emeritus

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

Eastern Nebraska field covered with sand in 2011. (Photo courtesy of Lee Valley, Inc.)

March 25, 2019

Repairing Flood-Damaged Fields

By John Wilson - Extension Educator Emeritus

After flood waters recede, fields and farms have been left with layers of loose cornstalk debris that needs to be deposed of.

April 19, 2019

Stuck on Stalks? Consider These Options for Managing Loose Cornstalks

By John Wilson - Extension Educator Emeritus