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 the benefits of using soil water sensors for managing irrigation. Potential benefits include lower irrigation costs, reduced chances of overwatering, and less nutrient leaching. One […] Continue reading → 
Cow-Calf Management Field Day Set for June 17 Area beef producers will want to make plans to attend a Cow-calf Management Field Day that is scheduled for Saturday, June 17. According to Nebraska Extension Educator in Cuming County, Larry Howard, this Field Day will be hosted by producers in Cuming and Dodge counties. The event […] 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 → 
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. Not to unlike last year, some corn was planted right before a cold and wet period last week. Last year I visited some corn field with poor stands in May […] Continue reading → 
Read the full article Making Data-Driven Decision on Soybean Inoculation at CropWatch Nebraska farmers must scrutinize inputs and focus on finding profit for their estimated 5.7 million soybean acres in 2017. Among the many springtime decisions farmers make is whether to inoculate their soybeans. Based on information from farmers, agronomists, and researchers, follow these steps when […] Continue reading → 
Listen to this week’s Tune In for Top Tips on KTIC Radio This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension for Dodge and Washington counties. With the start of soybean planting season just two months away, I wanted to start a new radio series this growing season called “Tune In for Top Tips.” […] Continue reading → 
This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension for Dodge and Washington counties. Join me next Monday in Mead or Tuesday in Norfolk for the Nebraska On-Farm Research Annual Results Updates. Come hear from growers who conducted on-farm research as they share their results from the 2016 growing season. You will obtain […] Continue reading →