Farm Bill FAQs: Base Acre Reallocation

Jan. 16, 2015

Over the past few months, the Nebraska Extension Farm Bill education team has been on the road talking with producers about the 2014 Farm Bill. This is one of a series of articles clarifying some of the common questions asked at these meetings. This article will discuss reallocating base acres.

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CornSoyWater: New Web and Mobile App to Aid Irrigation Management

CornSoyWater: New Web and Mobile App to Aid Irrigation Management

July 17, 2015

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It Is Time to Begin Scouting for Soybean Aphid

 

The economic threshold for late vegetative through R5 stage soybeans is 250 aphids per plant with 80% of the plants infested and populations increasing.

 

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Wheat Harvest Predicted to Drop 23% from 2014

July 10, 2015

Based on July 1 conditions, Nebraska's 2015 winter wheat crop is forecast at 54.6 million bushels, down 23% from last year's crop, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Average yield is forecast at 42 bushels per acre, down 7 bushels from a year earlier.

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