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Pest Management

Farmer inspects corn field

August 9, 2023

Growing Results: Western Corn Rootworm Control

Grasshopper in field

August 23, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Managing Grasshoppers, Pasture Weeds and Wet Hay

By Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator, Jerry Volesky - Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator

Map of soybean gall midge infestation locations in Midwest

September 12, 2023

Soybean Gall Midge Detected Across Nebraska Fields

By Travis J. Prochaska - Extension Educator, Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist

Cheatgrass closeup

September 19, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Managing Cheatgrass, Last Alfalfa Harvest and Fall Armyworms

By Jerry Volesky - Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator

N Field corn field banner

November 15, 2023

This Week on N Field: Manage Soybean Cyst Nematode to Reclaim Lost Yield

Cattle in snow

January 16, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Winter Insect Mortality and Livestock Water Needs

By Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator

Army cutworm larvae in a hand

March 6, 2024

Army Cutworm Scouting Urged in Western Nebraska Wheat and Alfalfa

By Julie Peterson - Extension Entomologist, Jeff Bradshaw - Director of the Doctor of Plant Health Professional Program, Pin-Chu Lai - Extension Entomologist, Gary Stone - Extension Educator

Aerial shot of combine in soybean field

March 29, 2024

Management Technique Shows Promise Against Emerging Soybean Pest

By Scott Schrage - University Communication

April 19, 2024

This Week on N Field: Army Cutworm

Alfalfa field irrigated by center pivot

April 23, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Early Season Irrigation, Controlling Alfalfa Weevil

By Todd Whitney - Extension Educator, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator, Jerry Volesky - Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist

Army cutworm eating wheat

April 29, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Fertilizing Cool-season Pasture, Army Cutworm Control

By Jerry Volesky - Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist, Shannon Sand - Agricultural Economics Extension Educator, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator

Men and women stand around tables looking at container plants

May 1, 2024

Nebraska Extension Offers Introductory-level Crop Scout Training May 21

By Deloris Pittman - Marketing and Promotions Manager for Eastern Nebraska REEC