Winter Wheat Field Day – June 6
Visit the Winter Wheat Field Day webpage to get more information and to pre-register! Continue reading → Visit the Winter Wheat Field Day webpage to get more information and to pre-register! Continue reading → Cow/Calf Management Field Day – June 17
Cow-Calf Management Field Day Set for June 17 Area beef producers will want to make plans to attend a Cow-calf Management Field Day that is scheduled for Saturday, June 17. According to Nebraska Extension Educator in Cuming County, Larry Howard, this Field Day will be hosted by producers in Cuming and Dodge counties. The event […] Continue reading → Rethinking Optimum Soybean Populations – Nebraska Farmer Magazine
On a warm, windy day in Washington County, Nathan Mueller plants a magenta-colored flag, marked “90,000” on the edge of a field where his dad, Larry, recently started planting soybeans. It’s the first of several soybean fields the Muellers are planting this spring, but this one was specifically chosen for a research trial with the […] Continue reading → New Nebraska Soybean & Corn Pocket Field Guide Available
You can pick up a free copy of the Nebraska Soybean & Corn Pocket Field Guide at your local extension office including Dodge and Washington counties. Republished from CropWatch “Nebraska farmers now have a new field resource to aid in identifying plant and pest problems in their soybean and corn fields. The Nebraska Soybean and Corn […] Continue reading → Nebraska Crop Progress and Condition Report: May 22, 2017
Nebraska Crop Progress and Condition Report from USDA May 15 through May 21, 2017 – Temperatures averaged three to five degrees below normal, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Significant rainfall of two inches or more was recorded across the majority of counties; however, rainfall totals of three inches or more was recorded […] Continue reading → KTIC Radio Extension Corner: Applying Pre-Emergence Herbicides after Crop Emergence
Listen to this week’s KTIC Radio Extension Corner: This is Aaron Nygren, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension in Colfax, Cuming, and Stanton counties. This week let’s talk about what to do if weather or field conditions prevented you from getting a pre-emergence herbicide applied before your crop emerged. Last week Keith Jarvi talked […] Continue reading → KTIC Radio Extension Corner: Monitor corn emergence and evaluate replant decision
Listen to this week’s KTIC Radio Extension Corner: This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension for Dodge and Washington counties. Not to unlike last year, some corn was planted right before a cold and wet period last week. Last year I visited some corn field with poor stands in May […] Continue reading →