September 11, 2025
Wheat Stem Sawfly Update: New GDD Tool to Track Spring Flight
By Vinicius Zuppa - Assistant Extension Educator, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator, Ruby Collins - Extension Educator, Amanda Easterly - Research Associate Professor, Jeff Bradshaw - Director of the Doctor of Plant Health Professional Program, Pin-Chu Lai - Extension Entomologist
Published: May 16, 2014 | Updated: May 1, 2026
Assessing Freeze Injury to Wheat
Authored By: Robert Klein - Emeritus Extension Professor, Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist, Nicolás Cafaro La Menza – Cropping Systems Specialist, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Al Dutcher - Former Associate Nebraska State Climatologist, Amanda Easterly - Research Associate Professor, Karen DeBoer - Former Extension Educator, Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist
Updated By: Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist, Amanda Easterly - Research Associate Professor, Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, Ruby Collins - Extension Educator, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator, Eric Hunt - Agricultural Meteorology and Climate Resilience Extension Educator, Gary Stone - Extension Educator, John Thomas - Crops Extension Educator, David Wangila - Extension Educator, Todd Whitney - Extension Educator, Vinicius Zuppa - Assistant Extension Educator
May 1, 2026
2026 Wheat Stem Maggot Detection and Risk to Cover Crop-to-Corn Systems
By Silvana Paula-Moraes - Extension Entomologist, Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist, Talon Mues - Extension Educator, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, Travis J. Prochaska - Extension Educator, Nicole Luhr - Extension Educator, David S. Wangila - Extension Educator, Aaron Nygren - Extension Educator, Ron Seymour - Extension Educator
March 31, 2026
Spring Fertilizer Decisions for Winter Wheat Under Current Conditions in Western Nebraska
By Vinicius Zuppa - Assistant Extension Educator, Eric Hunt - Agricultural Meteorology and Climate Resilience Extension Educator, Jessica Groskopf - Extension Educator for Agricultural Economics, Amanda Easterly - Research Associate Professor, Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist
October 8, 2025
Selecting the Right Winter Small Grain Cover Crop This Fall
By Katja Koehler-Cole - Extension Educator, Andrea Basche – Associate Professor, David Scoby - Laboratory Research Manager, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Vesh R. Thapa - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
September 3, 2025
High Risks of Wheat Streak Mosaic Disease Complex from Hailstorms: Control Volunteer Wheat Before Planting Wheat
By Pin-Chu Lai - Extension Entomologist, Eric Hunt - Agricultural Meteorology and Climate Resilience Extension Educator, Gary Hein - Former Director of the Doctor of Plant Health Professional Program
June 20, 2025
Late-season Rust Observed in Eastern Nebraska Wheat; Limited Yield Impact Expected
By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator, Katherine Frels - Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic
June 13, 2025
Stripe Rust Expands in Nebraska Wheat Fields; Leaf Rust Remains Isolated
By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator, Amanda Easterly - Research Associate Professor, Katherine Frels - Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic
June 6, 2025
Leaf Rust Emerges as Wheat Variety Tour Days Kick Off Across Nebraska
By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Amanda Easterly - Research Associate Professor, Katherine Frels - Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic, Janis Fomba - Graduate Research Assistant, Sujan Gautam - Graduate Research Assistant, Sabina Paudel - Research Technologist
June 5, 2025
Fusarium Head Blight Risk Rising in Nebraska: What Growers Need to Know
By Amanda Easterly - Research Associate Professor, Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Katherine Frels - Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist, Vinicius Zuppa - Assistant Extension Educator