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Research Updates

Buckbrush

May 22, 2018

Study: Efficacy of Herbicides in Buckbrush Control

By Stevan Knezevic - Extension Weed Management Specialist, O. Adewale Osipitan - Post-Doctoral Researcher

Cottonwoods

May 22, 2018

Research Findings on Chemical Control of Cottonwood

By Stevan Knezevic - Extension Weed Management Specialist, O. Adewale Osipitan - Post-Doctoral Researcher

Dry rot canker in sugarbeet

May 23, 2018

Dry Rot Canker – Obscure, but Returning Rhizoctonia Disease

By Bob Harveson - Extension Plant Pathologist, Panhandle Research and Extension Center

Field tour of purple loosestrife management study

June 4, 2018

Research Update: Control of Perennial Invasive Weeds Requires Repeated Herbicide Applications

By Stevan Knezevic - Extension Weed Management Specialist, O. Adewale Osipitan - Post-Doctoral Researcher

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June 8, 2018

Cornhusker Economics: Using Partial Budgets to Examine Incremental Ag Business Changes

By Robert Tigner - Agricultural Systems Economist Educator

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June 21, 2018

Cornhusker Economics: Thinking About the Corn Market

By Fabio Mattos - Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural Eocnomics

Corn plots 7-9-18

July 13, 2018

2018 Corn Yield Forecasts as of July 11: Higher Temperature Led To Faster Corn Development

Rezaul Mahmood (left), co-leader of the GRAINEX project, talks with a student and co-leader Eric Rappin (right) of Western Kentucky University.

July 16, 2018

Husker-led Research Team to Examine Irrigation's Role in Precipitation

By Shawna Richter-Ryerson - Communications Associate in the School of Natural Resources

Weed control research in dry bean plots

July 19, 2018

What Would Happen if We Stopped Controlling Weeds?

By Nevin Lawrence - Integrated Weed Management Specialist

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July 25, 2018

AgNews

Field of wheat

August 9, 2018

UNL to Study Possible Link Between Wheat Protein Levels and Fertilizer

By David Ostdiek - Former Communications Specialist, Panhandle REC

Figure 1. A view of all four treatments of a corn residue and cover crop experiment at the South Central Agricultural Laboratory near Clay Center. Top left is cereal rye with 60% corn residue removal; top right is cereal with corn residue. Bottom left is no cereal rye with 60% corn residue removal; bottom right is corn residue and no cover crop (control).

August 13, 2018

Cover Crop and Crop Residue Management: How Does it Affect Soil Water in the Short and Long Term?

By Michael Sindelar - Former Cropping Systems Extension Educator, Humberto Blanco - Professor of Soil Science, Virginia Jin - USDA ARS Research Soil Scientist, Richard Ferguson - Extension Soil Fertility Specialist