Field Updates
March 6, 2009 Paul Hay, Extension Educator in Gage County: Farm activities include spraying and fertilizing wheat and alfalfa. The lowered price of phosphorus has some farmers deciding to go ahead with dry broadcast applications. After a difficult season in 2008, conservation work and repairs on tile outlet systems are forging ahead.
Update: Wheat Condition in the Panhandle
March 6, 2009
| The March 20 CropWatch will include a fuller update on wheat green-up and condition in western Nebraska. |
USDA: Crops Report
March 6, 2009 Wheat conditions declined from last month and rated 0% very poor, 6% poor, 25% fair, 59% good, and 10% excellent, but remained above last year's condition of 57% good or excellent.
Hay and forage supplies rated 0% very short, 5% short, 91% adequate, and 4% surplus, well above year ago levels.
Study: Many Farmers Practice Conservation Out of Empathy for Others
March 6, 2009
A strong version of the Golden Rule comes into play when farmers decide to engage in soil conservation tillage practices, a UNL Extension study suggests.
UNL Part of National Project to Develop Biotechnology Quality Standards
March 13, 2009 The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is the only university selected to participate in a U.S. Department of Agriculture pilot project to develop quality management standards for field releases of regulated genetically-engineered crops.
Soil Testing More Important Than Ever for Efficient Fertilizer Use
February 11, 2009
This is one of a series of articles on Meeting the Challenge: Farming in Uncertain Times, written by specialists at the Panhandle Research and Development Center.
This is one of a series of articles on Meeting the Challenge: Farming in Uncertain Times, written by specialists at the Panhandle Research and Development Center.