Brad Lubben

Director of the North Central Extension Risk Management Education Center

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Work Filley Hall (FYH) 207A
Lincoln NE 68583-0922
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Work 402-472-2235 On campus, dial 2-2235
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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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Slow Harvest and Grain Drying

October 23, 2009

A record cool summer has yielded to a record cool fall. That combined with wet weather has slowed natural corn and soybean drying in the field, forcing farmers to dry their crops in the bin.

Nebraska farmers are facing harvest in wetter than normal conditions this year, said Tom Dorn, UNL Extension educator in Lancaster County.

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Cooling Stored Grain

October 23, 2009

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How Extended High Heat Disrupts Corn Pollination

June 29, 2012

Much of this was originally published August 1, 2011 and is being republished now as corn enters the pollination stage during a period of predicted unusually high temperatures.

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Irrigation Management with Limited Capacity or Water Allocations

July 6, 2012

Irrigation management under hot, dry conditions like we're seeing now can become complicated when your water supply is limited due to well capacity or water allocations.  Careful management can help you more efficiently use the water you have to produce yield.  This year a few well-timed inches of water may make all the difference.

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