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Field trial with one of the herbicides tested in popcorn

September 25, 2019

Weed Control and Response of Yellow and White Popcorn Hybrids to Herbicides

By Ethann Barnes - Graduate Research Assistant, Nevin Lawrence - Integrated Weed Management Specialist, Stevan Knezevic - Extension Weed Management Specialist, Oscar Rodriguez - Former Research Professor in Agronomy and Horticulture, Suat Irmak – Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, Amit Jhala - Professor and Associate Department Head, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

This a cereal rye cover crop at the threshold (1,000 lb/ac) biomass level. It is about 6-8 inches tall (April 13, 2017 at the south-central Nebraska site).

September 16, 2019

Optimum Planting Times to Establish Cover Crops Following Corn

By Katja Koehler-Cole - Extension Educator

Wheat stem sawfly adult

August 30, 2019

Management Decisions Impact Wheat Stem Sawfly Populations

By Bethany Thomas - Entomology Graduate Research Assistant, Jeff Bradshaw - Director of the Doctor of Plant Health Professional Program

Through a $2.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, a University of NebraskaâLincoln research team is developing ways to maximize sorghum potentials across the United States.

August 22, 2019

Nebraska Team Merges Machine Learning, Plant Genetics to Maximize Sorghum Potential

By Tiffany Lee - UNL Research and Economic Development

Corn growing on the University of NebraskaâLincolnâs East Campus. A new Nebraska study has quantified the benefits of irrigation among nine U.S. crops by analyzing yields from 1950 to 2015. (Photo by Craig Chandler/University Communication)

August 13, 2019

Gap Growing Between Irrigated, Rainfed Crop Yields

By Scott Schrage - University Communication

By measuring the water use of plants on an hourly or even minute-by-minute basis, Nebraska's James Schnable and colleagues hope to better understand and eventually improve how crops respond to drought. (Craig Chandler/University Communication)

July 31, 2019

New Stalk Sensor Could Lead to Improved Drought-Resistant Corn

By Scott Schrage - University Communication

alfalfa

July 31, 2019

Adding Alfalfa to Corn-Soybean Rotation can Increase Profit, Reduce Nitrate Leaching

By Charles Wortmann - Emeritus Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist, Jeremy Milander - Former Water and Crops Extension Educator, Jim Jansen - Agricultural Economist, Bruce Anderson - Emeritus Extension Forage Specialist, Roger Wilson - Former Extension Farm Management Specialist and Budget Analyst

cropwatch graphic

July 16, 2019

Long-Term Study Suggests Management Adaptations for Weather Extremes

By Charles Shapiro - Emeritus Professor of Agronomy and Horticulture Charles Shapiro - Emeritus Professor of Agronomy and Horticulture

Combining corn

June 18, 2019

Study: High Crop Yields Are Compatible with Prescribed Irrigation Levels

Injury from 1/10 Labeled Rate of XtendiMAX on R1 Roundup Ready Soybean

June 6, 2019

Effects of Dicamba Micro-Rates On Non-Dicamba-Resistant Soybean

By Stevan Knezevic - Extension Weed Management Specialist

Andrea Basche in a field of cover crop planted into corn stubble

June 3, 2019

Cover Crop Research Team Receives Nebraska Environmental Trust Grant

By Andrea Basche – Associate Professor in Cropping Systems, Daren Redfearn - Extension Forage Crop Residue Specialist, Katja Koehler-Cole - Extension Educator Lana Koepke Johnson - Communications Specialist Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

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

Figure 1. University of Wisconsin researchers studied drilling cover crops into V5 corn. (Source: University of Wisconsin Integrated Pest and Crop Management)

May 23, 2019

Interseeding Cover Crops into Corn or Soybean

By Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, Roger Elmore - Emeritus Extension Cropping Systems Agronomist, Chris Proctor - Weed Management Extension Educator, Steve Melvin - Extension Educator Irrigated Cropping Systems, Michael Sindelar - Former Cropping Systems Extension Educator

Figure 1. Nevin Lawrence, integrated weed management specialist, shows an individual rubber dandelion plant in the greenhouse at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Panhandle Research and Extension Center.

May 17, 2019

Can Nebraska Grow Rubber-Producing Dandelions on a Farm Scale?

By David Ostdiek - Former Communications Specialist, Panhandle REC

Soybean gall midge traps

May 9, 2019

Alerts Available for Tracking Soybean Gall Midge

By Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist, Thomas Hunt - Extension Entomologist, Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist

Wheat field

May 1, 2019

USDA Ag Research Develops Calculation Correction for Grain Quality Test

By Sharon Durham - USDA ARS Public Affairs Specialist

cropwatch graphic

May 1, 2019

Examining the Capacity of Nebraska Rangelands for Cattle Production

By Cornhusker Economics

Mark Rosegrant, research fellow emeritus at the International Food Policy Research Institute, delivers the final Heuermann Lecture of the 2018-19 season April 30 at Nebraska Innovation Campus. (Craig Chandler/University Communication)

May 1, 2019

Heuermann Lecture Focuses on the Power of Water

By Haley Apel - IANR Media

Xin Qiao (left), irrigation and water management specialist and principal investigator, and Jack Whittier, Panhandle Center Director of Research and Extension, accept the award from the Nebraska Environmental Trust fund to establish SDI research with livestock effluent.

April 26, 2019

NET Awards Grant for Subsurface Drip Irrigation System with Feedlot

By David Ostdiek - Former Communications Specialist, Panhandle REC

Graph of multiple Corn Belt studies looking at the optimum corn planting window

April 24, 2019

Windows of Opportunity for Corn Planting: Data from Across the Corn Belt

By Roger Elmore - Emeritus Extension Cropping Systems Agronomist, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator