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Ag Fact of the Week: Week 14

Can I get old aerial photos taken of my farm in Dodge or Washington counties and can that aerial imagery explain my corn and soybean yields in 2016? Yes and yes. Learn more… You can learn new information from old aerial imagery! You can find old aerial imagery of your farm or community through two […]
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Connect the Dots: Improving Yield Data, Understanding My Maps, and Making Decisions

Presentation given by Nathan Mueller at the Nebraska Crop Management Conference in Kearney on Jan. 20, 2017 Additional resources mentioned in the presentation: Publication:Improving Yield Map Quality by Reducing Errors through Yield Data File Post-Processing Nebraska On-Farm Research Network Precision Ag Data Management Workshops USDA Yield Editor USDA Geospatial Data Gateway USGS EarthExplorer
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KTIC Radio Extension Corner: Precision Ag Data Management Workshops

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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. Our UNL Ag Technology Team will be offering four 2-day Precision Ag Data Management Workshops across Nebraska starting next week. Producers, consultants, government personnel, retailers, and other Ag professionals should attend. […]
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New Tool for Evaluating the Potential of Variable Rate Irrigation (VRI)

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Irrigated farmers or landowners in the Crop Tech Café area should take a look at a new tool developed by UNL to estimate the potential pumping reductions from utilizing variable rate irrigation (VRI).  With the rapid development of VRI technology there has been an increasing interest in utilizing VRI to improve irrigation efficiency, increase yields, […]
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