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Wheat

Stripe rust and leaf rust on wheat

June 28, 2019

Wheat Disease Update

By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist

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July 11, 2019

Nebraska Wheat Crop Forecast at 51.4 mil bu, up 4% from 2018

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July 11, 2019

KSU: Pre-harvest Weed Control in Wheat - Sharpen Update

Figure 1. Weeds that are cut off with the combine header will need to regrow before they can be controlled.

July 12, 2019

Controlling Weeds Post-Harvest in Winter Wheat

By Robert Klein - Emeritus Extension Professor, Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist

A mature wheat field in eastern Nebraska.

July 22, 2019

Crop Condition Improves Slightly; Progress Still Behind

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

Winter wheat variety trials in Saline County (Photo by Randy Pryor)

August 15, 2019

Winter Wheat, Triticale and Barley Variety Tests Now Posted

By Amanda Easterly - Research Associate Professor, Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist

Figure 6. University of Nebraska-Lincoln winter wheat variety trial (25 entries/varieties) on July 16 in Washington County hosted by Hoegermeyer Farms, southwest of Herman. (Photo by Nathan Mueller)

August 15, 2019

A Review of the 2018-19 Eastern Nebraska Winter Wheat Growing Season

By Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist, Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Randy Pryor - Extension Educator, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, Melissa Bartels - Former Extension Educator, Megan Taylor - Former Extension Educator, P. Stephen Baenziger - UNL Professor and Nebraska Wheat Growers Presidential Chair, Michael Sindelar - Former Cropping Systems Extension Educator

Wheat in an eastern Nebraska variety trial earlier this year. (Photo by Nathan Mueller)

August 22, 2019

2- and 3-Year Average Winter Wheat Trial Data

By Amanda Easterly - Research Associate Professor, Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist

Seedling wheat field

September 2, 2020

Determining the Seeding Rate for Winter Wheat

By Robert Klein - Emeritus Extension Professor

Field of wheat in the Nebraska Panhandle

August 28, 2019

UNL-TAPS Expanding To Include Winter Wheat Competition in the Panhandle

By Krystle Rhoades - Former TAPS Program Coordinator

Stephen Baenziger speaking to growers at one of the Winter Wheat Variety Trial field days.

August 29, 2019

Update on Wheat Varieties for Nebraska 2019: Another Unusual Year

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