Northern corn leaf blight first became visible three weeks ago in Dodge and Washington counties. The disease severity has been increasing in some high risk environments (disease present last year, corn-after-corn, and a moderate to susceptible hybrid). In low risk environments, such as corn planted after alfalfa, lesions have not been observed. However, some NCLB […] Continue reading → 
Populations of grasshoppers are being reported in areas bordering crop fields in East Central Nebraska. If these grasshopper species are one of the four major species that are likely to infest cropland, control may be warranted. If they are abundant, it’s best to try to control grasshoppers while they are concentrated in the border areas…Read […] Continue reading → 
This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist for Nebraska Extension. Northern corn leaf blight severity has been increasing in East Central Nebraska over the past two weeks since I talked about it last on the radio. As a reminder, last year we experienced problems in the area with this fungal leaf disease, only later […] Continue reading → Most corn is between the V6 and V12 growth stages. Growers, seed companies, and agronomists are monitoring northern corn leaf blight in the area as lesions are now visible. Scouting will be important, especially on more susceptible hybrids following corn. Corn blotch leaf miners are now active, but at low levels. Overall, corn crop condition […] Continue reading → 
Most corn is between the V6 and V12 growth stages. Growers, seed companies, and agronomists are monitoring northern corn leaf blight in the area as lesions are now visible. Scouting will be important especially on more susceptible hybrids following corn. Corn blotch leaf miners are now active, but at low levels. Overall, the corn crop […] Continue reading → 
This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist for Nebraska Extension. It has been a challenging spring due to the frequency of rain that caused the soybean crop to get off to a late start. On top of that we added some weed issues in our soybean crop, specifically marestail also called horseweed this year. […] Continue reading → 