As spring is nearly here, I wanted to remind farmers and agronomists about resources available from your local Extension offices in Wilber, Fairbury, and Beatrice. Our local extension offices are open to the public for walk-ins. As a reminder, the Extension offices are located in Wilber at 306 W 3rd St, in Fairbury at 517 […] Continue reading → 
The annual Nebraska On-Farm Research Network research results update meetings will be offered in-person and online in 2021. Farm operators and agronomists from across the state will obtain valuable crop production-related information from on-farm research projects conducted on Nebraska farms by Nebraska farmers in partnership with University of Nebraska faculty. These research projects cover products, […] Continue reading → 
Corn Overall, the corn crop was in pretty could shape. Growth stages ranged from V6 to V10 (page 141 in 2019 pocket guide) and ranged in height from 18″ to 30″ tall (Figure 1). Many irrigated fields had plant populations ranging in the low 30s (Figure 2) while rainfed stands ranged throughout the 20s. The […] Continue reading → 
What is new on the website? A new page about local on-farm research highlights past work done by local producers in cooperation with Randy Pryor and other UNL faculty. The on-farm research results are organized by county and year. Past studies were on cover crops, corn nitrogen management, corn seeding rates, soybean seed treatments, and […] Continue reading → 
Fusarium head blight or scab was first reported in 1898 or 122 years ago in Nebraska. Though not a severe disease each year, it was a problem in 2019. Will it be a problem in 2020 for wheat growers in southeast Nebraska? Plan ahead, pun intended. It is one disease that wheat growers should have […] Continue reading → 
What’s up this WHEAT? Weekly highlights and resources for producing winter wheat in eastern Nebraska. Weather Abnormally dry rating from the US Drought Monitor moves further into southeast and east central Nebraska Wheat Growing Degree Days Map for Nebraska shows variation across the state: Select from the dropdown menu on the Daily Maps from the […] Continue reading → 
Two weeks ago, I was an invited speaker at an Iowa State University Extension agronomy program for producers in southwest Iowa. Given my talk was on adding small grain production in southwest Iowa; I was not expecting much of a crowd since there was another concurrent session they could attend. To my dismay, 40 producers […] Continue reading →