Soil health will be a fundamental component of sustaining family farms and rural communities in the long-term. A healthy functioning soil provides numerous local ecosystem benefits in your own community including improved water quality, flood and drought mitigation, and other benefits that can improve both human health and wealth. USDA-NRCS defines soil health as the […] Continue reading → 
Weekly highlights and resources for producing winter wheat in eastern Nebraska. Weather USDA-NASS VegScape – Learn more about how to use this tool NOAA Drought Severity Index: May 9 Long Term Palmer Index NWS Climate Prediction Center – 6-10 day, 8-14 day, and 3-4 week outlooks suggest above normal chances for precipitation for eastern Nebraska Highlights in the News […] Continue reading → 
What’s up this Wheat? Weekly highlights and resources for producing winter wheat in eastern Nebraska. Weather Dry week ahead in eastern Nebraska: Quantitative Precipitation Map Past 30 Days of Precip: Below normal rainfall in southeast NE (50-75%) and above normal in northeast NE (150%) Current soil moisture is good for the most part at 4, […] Continue reading → 
On Tuesday, March 3, Nebraska Extension will be hosting the Southeast Nebraska Soil Health Conference in Hickman in southern Lancaster County. The conference theme is feeding the belowground and aboveground livestock. It is an opportunity for both crop and livestock producers to learn new ideas about cover crops and soil health that can have positive […] Continue reading → 
Two weeks ago, I was an invited speaker at an Iowa State University Extension agronomy program for producers in southwest Iowa. Given my talk was on adding small grain production in southwest Iowa; I was not expecting much of a crowd since there was another concurrent session they could attend. To my dismay, 40 producers […] Continue reading → 
Field Day on August 30 Showcased Local Value of Soil Health Positioning your farm to become more resilient to extreme weather includes focusing on long-term soil health. The United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resource Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS) and Nebraska Extension in Dodge County hosted a Soil Health Farm Field Day on Friday, August 30 […] Continue reading → 
This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension for Dodge and Washington counties. Wheat is the fourth most grown crop falling behind corn, soybean, and alfalfa in eastern Nebraska. Roughly 50,000 acres of winter wheat is grown in the three eastern Nebraska crop reporting districts. I worked with 10 farmers in 2019 […] Continue reading →