CropWatch March 15, 2010: Hergert Receives Great Plains Soil Fertility Leadership Award
March 15, 2010
Gary Hergert, extension soil and nutrient management specialist at UNL's Panhandle Research and Extension Center, was recently awarded the Great Plains Soil Fertility Leadership Award.
Shaver to Focus on Nutrient Mangement & Precision Agriculture at WCREC
March 19, 2010
Tim Shaver, the new nutrient management specialist at UNL’s West Central Research and Extension Center, is looking forward to his first season of research and extension programming in the region.
CropWatch March 18, 2010: Tips for Making Pasture Fertilizing Pay
March 18, 2010
With nitrogen fertilizer costing about 40 cents per pound this spring, you may be asking whether it pays to fertilize pasture?
CropWatch March 18, 2010: Alfalfa Needs Early Season Attention
March 18, 2010
If your internal engines are reving up to get out in the field but it's still too early, shift your gears to your alfalfa crop. Taking time in the next two weeks for assessment and decision-making can be critical to the success of this year's crop.
CropWatch March 19, 2010: Managing Early Season Winter Annuals in Pastures
March 19, 2010
Given the plentiful soil moisture conditions across much of the state, early winter annuals like cheatgrass, downy brome, and wild oats are likely to be a big problem in pastures this spring. Winter annual bromes can reduce pasture quality and carrying capacity.
CropWatch March 19, 2010: Field Updates
March 19, 2010
Douglas Anderson, Extension Educator in Keith, Arthur, and Perkins counties: It’s wet, but drying. Puddles are still on the ground, but getting smaller. In some place frost has gone, but we still have frost in ground and are expecting more snow this weekend.