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December 19, 2024

Exploring the Potential of Active and Passive Canopy Sensors for Winter Wheat Nitrogen Management

By Jose Cesario Pinto - Ph.D. Precision Ag Team , Guillermo Balboa - Nutrient Management and Digital Agriculture, Pablo Paccioretti - Post doctoral associate, Laila Puntel - Extension Soil Fertility and Precision Ag Specialist

Split image showing a Dectes stem borer adult on a soybean leaf and soybean stem damage from gall midge larvae near a field edge, highlighting pest pressure before plants mature.

December 17, 2025

Extension Highlights 2025 Yield Results from Nebraska Soybean Pest Study

By Thales Rodrigues da Silva - MSc Graduate Student, Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist, Dylan Mangel - Extension Plant Pathologist, Wayne Ohnesorg - Extension Educator, Travis J. Prochaska - Extension Educator, Ron Seymour - Extension Educator, Aaron Nygren - Extension Educator, Matheus Ribeiro - Assistant Extension Educator, Ritika Lamichhane - Extension Educator, John Nelson - Extension Educator

A combine harvests dry beans in a dry Nebraska field, raising a cloud of dust under a clear blue sky.

October 28, 2025

On-Farm Research Plots Harvest Last of Dry Beans

By Gary Stone - Extension Educator, John Thomas - Crops Extension Educator

Researcher standing in a sorghum field, holding a leaf while inspecting plants for signs of disease.

October 16, 2025

Choudhury Leading Explainable AI Project in Agriculture

By Ronica Stromberg - School of Natural Resources

Close-up of cereal rye ‘Elbon’ on the left and winter wheat on the right growing in dry, cracked soil at the Eastern Nebraska Research, Extension and Education Center as plants mature.

October 8, 2025

Selecting the Right Winter Small Grain Cover Crop This Fall

By Katja Koehler-Cole - Extension Educator, Andrea Basche – Associate Professor, David Scoby - Laboratory Research Manager, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Vesh R. Thapa - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

Sorghum plants dominate a tall cover crop mix in August 2024.

September 11, 2025

How Do Cover Crops Designed for Game Birds Affect Soil Health?

By Katja Koehler-Cole - Extension Educator, Nathan Pflueger - Precision Ag Coordinator, Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever

Three men stand in a tall, green grass and wildflower field on a sunny day, holding soil sampling tools and buckets used for soil health benchmarking research.

September 10, 2025

Soil Health Benchmarking: Building a Baseline for Nebraska’s Future

By Nicole Heldt - Research Project Coordinator Maharjan Soils Lab, UNL PREEC

Split photo of black dectes stem borer adult on soybean leaf and orange soybean gall midge larvae inside soybean stem

September 5, 2025

Multi-Site Extension Study Provides New Data on Soybean Pests

By Thales Rodrigues da Silva - MSc Graduate Student, Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist, Dylan Mangel - Extension Plant Pathologist, Wayne Ohnesorg - Extension Educator, Travis J. Prochaska - Extension Educator, Ron Seymour - Extension Educator, Aaron Nygren - Extension Educator, Matheus Ribeiro - Assistant Extension Educator, Ritika Lamichhane - Extension Educator, John Nelson - Extension Educator

Split photo of black dectes stem borer adult on soybean leaf and orange soybean gall midge larvae inside soybean stem

August 7, 2025

New Findings in Nebraska Soybean Pest Study

By Thales Rodrigues da Silva - MSc Graduate Student, Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist, Dylan Mangel - Extension Plant Pathologist, Wayne Ohnesorg - Extension Educator, Travis J. Prochaska - Extension Educator, Ron Seymour - Extension Educator, Aaron Nygren - Extension Educator, Matheus Ribeiro - Assistant Extension Educator, Ritika Lamichhane - Extension Educator, John Nelson - Extension Educator

Fall seeded cover crop field

July 17, 2025

Glyphosate Alternatives for Terminating Cereal Rye Before and After Soybean Planting

By Jose H. S. de Sanctis - UNL Department of Agronomy and Horticulture Graduate Student, Amit Jhala - Professor and Associate Department Head, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

side by side comparison of cover crop fields in summer

July 10, 2025

Summer Cover Crop Potential in Eastern Nebraska

By Grace E. Pacheco - Former MS student, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Vesh R. Thapa - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Bridget McKinley - Former MS student, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Andrea Basche – Associate Professor, Katja Koehler-Cole - Extension Educator, Amanda Easterly - Research Associate Professor, Paul Jasa - Former Extension Engineer, Retired

cover crops in field

June 5, 2025

New Educational Resources Address Common Cover Crop Questions in Nebraska

By Vesh R. Thapa - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Grace E. Pacheco - Former MS student, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Bridget McKinley - Former MS student, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Andrea Basche – Associate Professor, Katja Koehler-Cole - Extension Educator