New Web Site Provides UNL Water Expertise

September 12, 2008

A new UNL Web site — water.unl.edu — offers research and extension information on a wide variety of water issues. 

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Fall Strategies for Managing Fusarium Head Blight (Scab) of Wheat

September 3, 2008

Table I.  Scab index and DON concentration in the 2008 State Variety Trial in Saline County.

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High Grasshopper Pressure Warrants Concern for Winter Wheat Planting

August 28, 2008

Grasshopper activity has been high in many areas of Nebraska this year and wheat growers should be planning how they're going to manage this pest in seedling wheat this fall. Grasshopper populations decline through late summer and fall, but can remain in significant densities until after the first hard freeze.

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UNL Extension Partners With Industry to Conserve on Center Pivot Water Use

September 4, 2008

Municipal supplies, domestic users, industries, commercial businesses, livestock and power plants are among the users of Nebraska's water resources. None, however, use as much of Nebraska's water as farmers irrigating their crops.

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