Want to listen instead of read? Click Play! This is Aaron Nygren, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension in Colfax, Cuming, and Stanton counties. With the longer days and warmer temperatures, planting season is just around the corner. Two weeks ago, Nathan Mueller covered one aspect of planting, deciding on the most profitable soybean seeding […] Continue reading → 
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 → 
Information/websites referenced in presentation: Importance of Soybean Variety Selection First Seed Tests Soybean Relative Maturity and Maturity/Harvest New Soybean Maturity Groups Map Soybean Planting Date Matters Early Bird Gets the Worm On-Farm Research Results Continue reading → 
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 […] Continue reading → What was the average Dodge and Washington County corn yield in 1915? In 1915, the Dodge and Washington County corn yields were 35.2 and 43.7 bushels per acre, respectively. Learn more… Last year (2015) the Dodge and Washington county corn yields were 194.8 and 187.6 bushels per acre, respectively. Farmers are able to produce 4 […] Continue reading → 
Listen to this weeks KTIC Radio Extension Corner: This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension for Dodge and Washington counties. This morning I wanted to share with the results from my second annual Dodge County crop yield tour. The tour is conducted during the first week of September and includes stopping […] Continue reading → 
2016 Dodge County Crop Tech Cafe Yield Tour: September 7-10 by Nathan Mueller Listen to this interview with Chad Moyer and I from Husker Harvest Days about the results of the 2016 Dodge County Yield Tour: First, how close was my preharvest yield estimates last year during this tour? USDA-NASS 2015 Dodge County yields based […] Continue reading →