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Nebraska Corn Planting at 71%, Soybeans at 47%

May 11, 2021
For the week ending May 9, 2021, corn planted was 71%, soybeans planted was 47%, and sorghum planted was 6%.

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Applying Manure Management Concepts On-Farm

May 11, 2021
This year’s Land Application Recertification sessions, "Applying Manure Management Concepts On-Farm," will be in-person at many sites across the state in May and June.

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Additional Gram-positive Bacterial Diseases in Nebraska Crop Production

May 11, 2021
A review of two lesser-known diseases caused by Gram-positive bacterial pathogens that have been observed in Nebraska — bacterial wilt of alfalfa and bacterial mosaic of wheat.

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What's Next for FarmBits: Poll Offers Farmers Opportunity to Weigh In on Content, Speakers

May 7, 2021
As the FarmBits podcast is nearing the end of its planting technology series, the podcast team is looking for producer input to help meet their audience's needs throughout the coming months. 

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#NField Observations for May 2021

May 21, 2021
This week, Extension Educator Sarah Sivits addresses concerns about spots on emerging corn this spring.

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Hosted by Samantha Teten and Jackson Stansell — graduate students in UNL's Department of Biological Systems Engineering and Nebraska Extension Digital Agriculture team members — FarmBits Podcast is a weekly series highlighting new innovations and trends in digital agriculture through interviews with academic experts, farmers and industry specialists.

FarmBits Podcast: Taking a Stand (Count)

May 7, 2021
In this episode, Todd Colten, director of flight services for Sentera, St. Paul, Minnesota, discusses the benefits of using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to calculate stand counts.

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Wheat Disease Update

May 6, 2021
Low levels of disease were surveyed in Nebraska wheat on May 5, with fungal leaf spot disease and barley yellow dwarf identified in Jefferson County.

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Interseeding Cover Crops into Corn and Soybean: What We’ve Learned

May 6, 2021
Due to recent research efforts, Nebraska Extension educators expand recommendations on techniques and plant species used for interseeding cover crops in corn and soybeans.

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