This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension for Dodge and Washington counties. Nebraska Extension Agronomists, Aaron Nygren, John Wilson, and I will be conducting a new series of workshops for northeast Nebraska farmers. The new Confronting Cropping Challenges Workshop is for those wanting to learn more about crop challenges we had […] Continue reading → 
Listen to this week’s Crop Tech Cafe Radio Corner on KTIC: Soil sampling depth This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension for Dodge and Washington counties. Whether you take soil sample yourself or hire someone to do it for you, there are some important guidelines to follow when soil sampling. […] Continue reading → 
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. As you get crops out of the field this fall, you have already started thinking about changes you might make for the 2017 growing season. Harvest is also the ideal […] Continue reading → 
Listen to this blog post too: Many of you, including me, have been attending plot tours and starting to think about which soybean varieties to pick for 2017. Soybean variety selection is the earliest routine management decision you make and one of the most important. Trials in the region show a yield difference of […] Continue reading → 
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Survey Results for 2016-2014 Cash Rent Rates by Crop Reporting Districts: Average Reported Value of Nebraska Farmland Cash Rent Rates in Northeast and East Crop Reporting Districts, East (includes Colfax, Dodge, Washington) Northeast (includes Stanton, Cuming, Burt, Thurston, Dakota) Type of Land 2016 2015 2014 2016 2015 2014 Dryland/Rainfed Cropland Average 200 […] 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 → 
This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension for Dodge and Washington counties. Over the past two weeks, soybean aphids have started to infest fields in Dodge and Washington counties. Based on my observations, soybean aphids populations are still low and do not warrant treatment. However, I want to discuss with you […] Continue reading →