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Three men work at a planter in the field

May 6, 2025

Soil Temperature as a Key Factor in Planting Decisions

By Marcos Ventura - Research Scholar, Matias Gabilan - Research Scholar, Tiago Facco - Research Scholar , Muhammad Ahmad - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Ruby Collins - Extension Educator, Todd Whitney - Extension Educator, Nicolás Cafaro La Menza – Cropping Systems Specialist, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

Men in corn field

November 21, 2024

Maximize Profitability by Choosing the Right Corn Hybrid

By Matt Stockton - Agricultural Economist

Wheat field close up

July 2, 2024

NCIA a Longtime Partner with Nebraska Growers for Seed Certification

By Geitner Simmons - IANR Media

Grain truck in field

July 13, 2023

NU Horizon Genetics Now Supplies UNL-developed Small-grain Seed Varieties

By Geitner Simmons - IANR Media

Winter wheat field trials conducted at the University of Nebraska Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center in 2018-2019.

September 11, 2019

Winter Wheat Varieties for Eastern Nebraska

By Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist, Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist, Amanda Easterly - Research Associate Professor, Brian Maust - Agronomy Research Technologist

Testing germination of ryegrass seed

July 24, 2019

Can I Use or Sell Seed from my Harvested Cover Crop?

By Steve Knox - Manager of the Nebraska Crop Improvement Association, S. Corey Brubaker - NRCS State Conservation Agronomist

Fall armyworm

October 12, 2017

Which Bt Traits Do You Need to Purchase?

By Julie Peterson - Extension Entomologist, Jeff Bradshaw - Director of the Doctor of Plant Health Professional Program, Thomas Hunt - Extension Entomologist, Lance Meinke - Professor of Entomology, Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist, Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist

Figure 1. Various soybean varieties exhibit differences in Sudden Death Syndrome foliar symptoms. (Photo by Nathan Mueller)

October 11, 2017

Large Check, Small Seed, Significant Impact

By Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist, Roger Elmore - Emeritus Extension Cropping Systems Agronomist, Troy Ingram - Former Extension Educator

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October 12, 2012

Consideration of Dryland Corn Seeding Rate after a Season of Severe Drought

By Haishun Yang - UNL Associate Professor of Agronomy and Horticulture, Patricio Grassini - Professor of Agronomy and Horticulture, and Cropping Systems Specialist, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, Keith Glewen - Extension Educator Emeritus, Kenneth G Cassman, Professor, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

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