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Director of the North Central Extension Risk Management Education Center

Brad Lubben

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Exten Assoc Professor Agricultural Economics University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Work Filley Hall (FYH) 207A

Lincoln NE 68583-0922

Work 402-472-2235 On campus, dial 2-2235

brad.lubben@unl.edu

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Brad Lubben is an Extension Associate Professor, Policy Specialist, and Director of the North Central Extension Risk Management Education Center in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He has nearly 30 years of experience in teaching, research, and extension, focusing on agricultural policy and agricultural economics and working in Illinois, Kansas, and Nebraska. Brad's expertise includes federal farm policy and agricultural policy development and risk management education. Brad grew up on a grain and livestock farm near Burr, southeast of Lincoln and holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a Ph.D. from Kansas State University.

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USDA Crop Report 9-9-2015

Sept. 8, 2015

Nebraska temperatures last week averaged up to 10 degrees above normal, causing dryland crop stress in areas where there was little or now recent rainfall, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service Sept. 8 report. Crop growth was progressing and only slightly behind normal in several categories.

Diverse cover crop mixture that will be part of the Sept. 22 Field Day tour at the Rogers Memorial Farm near Lincoln. (Photo by Paul Jasa)

Cover Crop Field Day Sept. 22 near Lincoln

Southern Rust Confirmed in Southeast Kansas – Monitor Corn Fields in Nebraska

July 17, 2015

Southern corn rust has been confirmed in five counties in southeast Kansas. The disease has not yet been confirmed in Nebraska. Spores from the disease in locations south of Nebraska will likely be blown into the state and cause disease somewhere in the coming weeks. Common rust is also in a few fields and could be misdiagnosed as southern rust. Warm temperatures, high h