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Cover Crops

October 2, 2025

Nitrogen for Corn: N Credits — How Much?

By Richard Ferguson - Extension Soil Fertility Specialist, Guillermo Balboa - Research Assistant Professor, Nutrient Management and Digital Agriculture, Javed Iqbal - Extension Nutrient Management and Water Quality Specialist, Nicolás Cafaro La Menza – Cropping Systems Specialist, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Carolina Córdova - Department of Agronomy and Horticulture Assistant Professor and Statewide Soil Health Specialist, Bijesh Maharjan - Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist

Collage showing wheat stem maggot damage in corn: close-up of a larva on a corn stem, a row of young corn plants in residue, and mature plants with delayed ear development. Text overlay reads ‘Tracking Wheat Stem Maggot Damage in Corn.'

September 12, 2025

Wheat Stem Maggot in Corn: Field Observations and Follow-Up

By Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist, Aaron Nygren - Extension Educator, Talon Mues - Extension Educator, Jenny Brhel - Former Extension Educator

Sorghum plants dominate a tall cover crop mix in August 2024.

September 11, 2025

How Do Cover Crops Designed for Game Birds Affect Soil Health?

By Katja Koehler-Cole - Extension Educator, Nathan Pflueger - Precision Ag Coordinator, Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever

Brian Brhel stands in a harvested cornfield with cattle grazing on residue under a clear sky.

August 28, 2025

Balancing Soil Health and Cash Flow: Lessons from Regenerative Farmer Brian Brhel

By Chirstine Noku - Undergraduate Student, UNL Environmental Science , Brian Brhel - Nebraska Soil Health Advanced Producer, Katja Koehler-Cole - Extension Educator, Carolina Córdova - Department of Agronomy and Horticulture Assistant Professor and Statewide Soil Health Specialist

Tractor harvesting corn silage with a forage chopper blowing chopped material into a wagon as plants mature.

August 18, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Corn Silage Kernel Processing, Cover Crop Grazing and Pasture Weeds

By Jerry Volesky - Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Todd Whitney - Extension Educator

Side-by-side comparison of soybean growing in two cover crop systems — left image shows soybeans emerging through thick cereal rye residue with minimal weed pressure; right image shows soybeans in a no-cover system with high weed presence between rows.

July 30, 2025

Managing Pigweeds with Cover Crops: What We’ve Learned from 30 Years of Data

By Vipin Kumar - Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Mandeep Singh - Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Resham Thapa - Assistant Research Professor of Climate Smart Agronomy, Tennessee State University, Ankit Yadav - Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Humberto Blanco - Professor of Soil Science, Sam Wortman - Professor and Environmental Horticulturist, Agronomy and Horticulture, Saleh Taghvaeian - Biological Systems Engineering Associate Professor, Amit Jhala - Professor and Associate Department Head, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

Fall seeded cover crop field

July 17, 2025

Glyphosate Alternatives for Terminating Cereal Rye Before and After Soybean Planting

By Jose H. S. de Sanctis - UNL Department of Agronomy and Horticulture Graduate Student, Amit Jhala - Professor and Associate Department Head, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

side by side comparison of cover crop fields in summer

July 10, 2025

Summer Cover Crop Potential in Eastern Nebraska

By Grace E. Pacheco - Former MS student, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Vesh R. Thapa - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Bridget McKinley - Former MS student, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Andrea Basche – Associate Professor, Katja Koehler-Cole - Extension Educator, Amanda Easterly - Research Associate Professor, Paul Jasa - Former Extension Engineer, Retired

Meeting participants seated in a U-shaped table arrangement during the Shell Creek Watershed workshop, discussing conservation successes and future research needs

June 27, 2025

The Shell Creek Watershed Improvement Group: A Nationally Recognized Success

By Eduardo Marchesini - Research Scholar, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture , Tauana Ferreira de Almeida - Agronomy Graduate Research Assistant, Andrea Basche – Associate Professor, Shivendra Srivastava – Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tirthankar Roy - Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Attendees gather around a roller crimper during a live demonstration at ENREEC.

June 26, 2025

Mechanical Termination, Maximum Impact: Best Practices for Roller Crimping Cover Crops

By Katja Koehler-Cole - Extension Educator, Aaron Nygren - Extension Educator

a row of underdeveloped corn next to normal row

June 12, 2025

Wheat Stem Maggot: A Cover Crop to Corn Pest

By Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist, Jenny Brhel - Former Extension Educator, Aaron Nygren - Extension Educator, Julie Peterson - Extension Entomologist, Travis J. Prochaska - Extension Educator, Ron Seymour - Extension Educator, Talon Mues - Extension Educator

cover crops in field

June 5, 2025

New Educational Resources Address Common Cover Crop Questions in Nebraska

By Vesh R. Thapa - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Grace E. Pacheco - Former MS student, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Bridget McKinley - Former MS student, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Andrea Basche – Associate Professor, Katja Koehler-Cole - Extension Educator