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Research Updates

Each year more than 100 research trials are conducted at the South Central Agriculture Laboratory near Harvard. The Aug. 29 SCAL Field Day invites the public to view and learn about the most recent research from UNL and USDA scientists.

August 17, 2018

View Latest Crop and Pest Research at South Central Ag Lab Aug. 29

Comparison of two wheat research plots near Scottsbluff. On the left is an untreated control plot with a heavy infestation of downy brome and feral rye. On the right the same population of grassy weeds was treated with Aggressor herbicide, part of the CoAXium Wheat Production System.

August 30, 2018

CoAXium™ Wheat Production System and Aggressor™ Herbicide for Controlling Grassy Weeds

By Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist

Figure 1. Two runs of the experiment (front, just beginning second run; back, just finishing first run) conducted in the greenhouse at the Pesticide Application Technology Laboratory at the universityâs West Central Research and Extension Center in North Platte.

September 26, 2018

Competitiveness of Herbicide-Resistant Waterhemp with Soybean

Figure 1. Researchers tour multiple dry bean variety plots at the Panhandle Research and Extension Center to identify favorable traits for varieties grown in Nebraska and elsewhere. (Photo by David Ostdiek)

September 27, 2018

Worldwide Collaboration to Breed Better Dry Beans

By Carlos Urrea - Dry Bean Breeder David Ostdiek - Former Communications Specialist, Panhandle REC

Chart of corn prices and safety net program levels

October 24, 2018

Cornhusker Economics on Farm Programs, Payments and Prospects

By Brad Lubben - Extension Ag Policy Specialist

Figure 1. Drilling cereal rye into corn stubble in Dodge County, October 19, 2018.

October 24, 2018

It’s Not Too Late to Plant Cereal Rye as a Nitrogen Catch Crop Before Soybean

By Katja Koehler-Cole - Research Assistant Professor in Agronomy and Horticulture, Roger Elmore - Emeritus Extension Cropping Systems Agronomist, Brian Krienke - Former Soils Extension Educator

New research from the University of NebraskaâLincoln suggests companies can actually profit by giving away their genetic modification technologies to hunger-stricken areas.

October 25, 2018

Research Suggests Fighting World Hunger can be Profitable for Ag Biotech Companies

Graph showing tillage effects on yield of chickpea and field pea at Grant, Nebraska in 2018 study.

October 26, 2018

Field Pea and Chickpea Germination and Yield as Affected by Tillage

By Strahinja Stepanović - Former Extension Educator, Nemanja Arsenijevic – Agronomy Student at the University of Belgrade-Serbia, Zaim Ugljic – Agronomy Student at the University of Belgrade-Serbia

Visual evaluation of waterhemp growth 21 days after an atrazine application.

October 26, 2018

Research Report: Prevalence and Mechanism of Atrazine Resistance in Waterhemp from Nebraska

Sunflower field at the High Plains Ag Lab

November 15, 2018

The Sunflower Pathology Working Group

James Schnable examines a sorghum plant with Andy Benson

November 28, 2018

Researchers Aim to Reduce Nitrogen Fertilizer Use

Field peas

January 9, 2018

Adoption of Yellow Field Pea: Replacing Summer Fallow with Field Pea and the Relationship between Planting Timing, Population, and Yield

By Samuel Koeshall - Agronomy Graduate Research Assistant, Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist, Amanda Easterly - Research Associate Professor, Rodrigo Werle - Former Cropping Systems Specialist, Strahinja Stepanović - Former Extension Educator