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Extension Financial Record-keeping Course for Farmers, Ranchers Begins April 18

March 22, 2022

Course participants will work through the financial statements of a case study farm, completing assignments and participating in video chats to learn more about how big changes to their operation will affect their bottom line.

Pasture and Forage Minute: Improving Alfalfa Yields, Nutritional Quality

March 16, 2022

Ben Beckman does the math on why it's time to plant new alfalfa fields, and Brad Schick discusses the pros and cons of mixing grass into alfalfa fields.

Handy Bt Trait Table Updated for 2022 Corn

March 15, 2022

This table can help avoid the development of resistance from using the same traits repeatedly (even if you change hybrids) and will be useful during the field season as you troubleshoot insect injury, or prepare to apply herbicides.

USDA Gathers Cash Rents Data

March 11, 2022

The survey provides the basis for estimates of the current year’s cash rents paid for irrigated cropland, non-irrigated cropland and permanent pasture.

Stansell receiving check — Members of the Husker Venture Fund awarded the first investment of $25,000 to Jackson Stansell, a biological systems engineering doctoral student at Nebraska. The HVF is a student-led venture capital fund that invests in Nebraska-owned early-stage startups. Pictured from left are students and managing directors of the fund Keith Nordling, Adam Folsom and Emily Kist, alongside Stansell. (Photo by Garrett Stolz)

UNL Doctoral Student Develops Software Platform to Improve Nitrogen Applications

March 10, 2022

Stansell's research utilized crop canopy image data to apply nitrogen fertilizer more efficiently, and resulted in a 25% boost in efficiency and a savings of 45 pounds of nitrogen per acre.

Trenton Franz in field — A research paper by Trenton Franz, associate professor of hydrogeophysics at Nebraska, and co-authors points to an innovative irrigation approach that could decrease water use while increasing producer profitability. (Photo by Craig Chandler, University Communication)

Husker Researchers Develop Tool to Make Irrigation More Efficient

March 10, 2022

A research paper by University of Nebraska–Lincoln scientists points to an innovative irrigation approach that offers promise to decrease water use while increasing producer profitability.

Extension Offering Free Suicide Prevention Training

March 9, 2022

This free online training by Nebraska Extension will teach participants how to recognize and respond to potential signs of crisis and suicidal behavior.

Dryness Continues as We Round Out Winter

March 9, 2022

The primary weather story this February was the continued lack of precipitation leading to expansion of drought, which covered 38% of Nebraska at the start of February and 98% by early March.