This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension in Dodge and Washington Counties. Even though soybean harvest is finished and corn harvest is in full swing, you may not have determined a custom rate for combining or hauling grain yet with your neighbor. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln conducts a survey with custom […] Continue reading → 
View the updated 2016 blog post on Nebraska cash rent paid per acre: 2016 Nebraska Cash Rent Paid Per Acre To learn about farmland values and other farm real estate information, read the 2015 Nebraska Farm Real Estate Report Crop Tech Cafe – Fremont, NE Feeding you local crop production and technology information for […] Continue reading → 
You can find a county-by-county map of corn and soybean yields reported by growers at AgWeb. Consider this your virtual coffee shop. Please take the time to contribute to these reports with your own field or farm yields by clicking on the links below. What is in it for you… nothing. However, is a fun […] Continue reading → 
As harvest winds down, there is another important task that many folks need to remember. Fall is a perfect time of year to control our three most common noxious weeds, leafy spurge, Canada thistle and musk thistle. This fall is setting up to be excellent for weed control because moderate temperatures, some rainfall, and […] Continue reading → 
Pickup bags to submit soils samples for a free soybean cyst nematode (SCN) analysis from your local Nebraska Extension Office. I have 31 bags here at the office in Fremont For years we have promoted farmers soil sampling their fields for SCN in the fall after harvest. The reasons we’ve listed for sampling at this […] Continue reading → 
This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist for Nebraska Extension. As you get crops out of field this fall, you may begin to think about the 2016 growing season. Harvest is the ideal time to consider how on-farm research could benefit your farm. The Nebraska On-Farm Research Network provides an opportunity for you to […] Continue reading → 
This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist for Nebraska Extension. Over the last two weeks, I have been getting some calls about planting winter wheat after soybeans. The most common questions have been on variety selection, planting dates, seeding rates, and planting depth. You might be saying to yourself, “I don’t plant winter wheat, […] Continue reading →