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Dr. P. Stephen Baenziger speaking at a wheat variety trial field day at the High Plains Ag Lab near Sidney in 2018.

August 29, 2018

Update on Wheat Varieties for Nebraska: 2018 was an Unusual Year

By P. Stephen Baenziger - UNL Professor and Nebraska Wheat Growers Presidential Chair

Uncontrolled Russian thistle in seeded winter wheat field.

August 29, 2018

Fall Strategies for Weed Control in Winter Wheat

By Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist, Robert Klein - Western Nebraska Crops Specialist, Nevin Lawrence - Integrated Weed Management Specialist

The first year of a winter wheat seeding date study was conducted in this Panhandle field in 2018.

August 29, 2018

Wheat Seeding Date Impacts Yield

By Robert Klein - Western Nebraska Crops Specialist, Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist

Stinking smut (left) and loose smut of winter wheat

August 29, 2018

Should I Plant Treated Wheat Seed?

By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Jeff Bradshaw - Director of the Doctor of Plant Health Professional Program

Wheat variety trials

August 30, 2018

2018 Nebraska Variety Testing Summary and Fall Seed Guide

By Teshome Regassa - Research Assistant Professor

A field of lodged wheat with an inset photo showing wheat stubs where the wheat stem sawfly overwinters.

August 30, 2018

Increased Wheat Stem Sawfly Populations In 2018

By John Thomas - Crops Extension Educator, Jeff Bradshaw - Director of the Doctor of Plant Health Professional Program

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

UNL variety trials conducted in eastern Nebraska are an important process to help guide growerâs variety selection.

September 27, 2018

Winter Wheat Varieties with an Eastern Nebraska Fit

By Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist, Teshome Regassa - Research Assistant Professor, Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Randy Pryor - Extension Educator, Megan Taylor - Former Extension Educator

Marestail seedlings

October 24, 2018

Q&A: How Can I Control Winter Annuals Now Before Planting Wheat?

By Amit Jhala - Professor and Associate Department Head, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist

Harvest

November 5, 2018

Soybean Harvest at 90%; Corn at 65%

cropwatch graphic

November 13, 2018

77% of Corn, 94% of Soybeans Now Harvested

Map of grassland-sawfly-parasitoid intensive survey.

January 9, 2019

Wheat Insect Update

By Jeff Bradshaw - Director of the Doctor of Plant Health Professional Program, Bethany Bergstrom - Entomology Graduate Student