Late fall herbicide applications can be a good alternative to early spring for control of several introduced biennial forbs or broadleaf weeds in southeast Nebraska. A few of these biennial forbs are considered noxious weeds in Nebraska including musk thistle, plumeless thistle, and spotted knapweed while bull thistle, common mullein, and poison hemlock are just […] Continue reading → 
Out of abundance of caution with COVID-19, we did cancel the in-person option for Nebraska Extension field days and tours this summer in eastern Nebraska. However, these field days still went on behind the scenes as we recorded short videos to capture many of the demonstration plots and speakers. I want to highlight a few […] Continue reading → 
This is Aaron Nygren, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension in Colfax, Cuming, and Stanton counties. Hope everyone is making some progress in the field this week after the long weather delay. As you harvest, be sure to be looking for fields with winter annual weeds and make plans for control. Many of the fields […] Continue reading → 
The Kornhusker Kids 4-H Club Crop Scouting Team would like to invite you to show off your agronomy skills this Saturday, August 11th from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. by competing in the Cuming County Crop Scouting Identification Contest. The contest will be held in front of the 4-H Building on the Cuming County Fairgrounds […] Continue reading → 
Listen to this week’s agronomy Extension Corner on the benefits of fall spraying for winter annual weed control: This is Aaron Nygren, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension in Colfax, Cuming, and Stanton counties. If you struggled with control of marestail this growing season, spraying this fall is an excellent option to avoid problems next […] Continue reading → 
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 → 
In an effort to improve local weed management and educational efforts, Nebraska Extension would like to determine the distribution of Palmer amaranth across Nebraska counties and assess those populations for potential multiple-resistance to various herbicide site of action groups. Therefore, we are asking producers, agronomists, USDA staff, university faculty, and others with a knowledge of […] Continue reading →