The Wilber Crop Clinic is cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the difficulty in delivering this program at the quality level it deserves. University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension is the host and organizer of the annual Wilber Crop Clinic, which started in 2004. It is normally held the first Friday in February at Sokol […] Continue reading → 
As spring approaches and winter wheat begins to green up, agronomists and farmers still have the opportunity to stimulate spring tillering on late-planted fields or those fields with thin stands with early nitrogen. If not applied in the fall, two other key nutrients, chloride and sulfur, can be included at green up during the early […] Continue reading → 
I want to take a moment to share with you some of my 2020 local accomplishments through the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s (UNL) Water and Integrated Cropping Systems Extension Program. From a larger perspective, UNL may not always be front and center, but shines through the many of the farmers, agronomists, seed dealers, Ag retailers and […] Continue reading → 
This is the sixth column in a series on phosphorus (P) management proficiency. Last week I wrote about the importance of controlling and consistently pushing the soil probe to the appropriate depth. The UNL soil test interpretation and fertilizer recommendation based on a 0-8 inch sample for P. Additionally, collecting enough subsamples or cores to […] Continue reading → 
Last week I wrote about phosphorus (P) fertility philosophies or approaches. This week I am writing about Nebraska research that compared those phosphorus fertilizer approaches. This research was published in the 2018 Soil Science Society of America Journal by UNL faculty Wortmann, Shapiro, Shaver, and Mainz. One of the objectives of their research was to […] Continue reading → 
You can subscribe to the weekly Pasture and Forage Minute at: https://gmail.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=5c438ee4998f5db5645a35e0e&id=c2f262f559 BLACK NIGHTSHADE IN CORN RESIDUE – Jerry Volesky Have you noticed any black nightshade in your corn stalks that you are grazing or plan to graze? If these fields have too much black nightshade, be careful, it might be toxic. Black nightshade is common […] Continue reading → 
Listen to several other Nebraska Extension Radio Minutes about boron and chloride in a previous post. Continue reading →