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Wheat

(L-R) Wheat leaves with stripe rust, leaf rust, and powdery mildew

April 18, 2019

It is Time to Start Scouting for Wheat Diseases

By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic

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April 29, 2019

Corn and Soybean Planting Near Last Year's Progress

Given market prices, grazing winter wheat rather than harvesting for grain may be more profitable for some growers this year.

April 29, 2019

Evaluating Winter Wheat for Use as Forage or Grain

By Aaron Berger - Beef Extension Educator

Wheat field

May 1, 2019

USDA Ag Research Develops Calculation Correction for Grain Quality Test

By Sharon Durham - USDA ARS Public Affairs Specialist

A snowy field with grass

May 2, 2019

Assessing Freeze Injury to Winter Wheat

By Robert Klein - Emeritus Extension Professor, Karen DeBoer - Former Extension Educator

Early planted wheat field in Nuckolls County; taken early May 2019

May 3, 2019

Eastern Nebraska Winter Wheat Update

By Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist, Randy Pryor - Extension Educator, Melissa Bartels - Former Extension Educator, Michael Sindelar - Former Cropping Systems Extension Educator, Megan Taylor - Former Extension Educator, Teshome Regassa - Research Assistant Professor, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator

Field of Panhandle wheat

May 3, 2019

Panhandle Wheat Report

By Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist

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May 7, 2019

Planting Progress and Wheat Condition, May 5, 2019

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May 10, 2019

Options for Failed Wheat

By Jessica Groskopf - Extension Educator for Agricultural Economics, Cory Walters - Extension Grain Economist

Estimate by USDA NASS of winter wheat acres to be harvested in 2019 and difference from 2018. Nebraska is to harvest 1,000,000 wheat acres, down 10,000 from 2018.

May 10, 2019

Nebraska Wheat Crop Forecast at 50 Million Bushels

Summer annual forage test plot - Aaron Berger

May 10, 2019

Summer Annual Forages Following a Failed Wheat Crop

By Aaron Berger - Beef Extension Educator

Powdery mildew in wheat

May 17, 2019

Levels of Wheat Diseases Low, But Likely to Increase

By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist