Geographic Responsibilities: Dawson, Buffalo, and Hall counties
Education:
BS Biology, Eastern Illinois University, 2013
MS Agronomy (cmphasis in plant pathology), University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2016
(Research focus on Goss’s bacterial wilt and leaf blight of corn)
Focus Areas: Crop Production & Water Management, particularly pest identification, plant pathology, and weed science
Staff Spotlight: Sarah Schlund
Imbibitional Chilling Injury of Corn
May 7, 2013
The extraordinary drought of 2012 is now being followed up by an unusual spring of 2013. Recent rains have helped, but the drought continues and many areas of the state still have severely depleted subsoil moisture levels. In addition, recent temperature swings may have affected crops planted in the last week or two.