UNL CropWatch May 27, 2010: UNL Tour Examines Sharing Limited Platte Basin Water Supplies

May 27, 2010

A four-day July water and natural resources tour will examine the challenges of sharing limited water supplies in the North and South Platte River basins in Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming. The tour includes a visit to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's (USBR) North Platte irrigation project.

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UNL CropWatch May 26, 2010: Ronnie Green Selected as New IANR Vice Chancellor, VP

May 26, 2010

Sutton resident and beef geneticist Ronnie D. Green has been named University of Nebraska Vice President and Harlan Vice Chancellor for the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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UNL CropWatch May 21, 2010: Nitrogen Deficiencies in Wheat Due to Weather

May 21, 2010

Cool temperatures, rain, and snow early last fall in central and eastern Nebraska have contributed to an increase in nitrogen deficiency problems in winter wheat this spring.

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UNL CropWatch May 21, 2010: Pillbugs Damage Seedling Corn in Jefferson County

May 21, 2010

Pillbugs were found damaging a field of emerging soybeans north of Fairbury this week. This field was planted around May 1 following corn in 2009, and was in a no-till corn-soybean rotation, except for two years of corn four-five years ago.

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