Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension for Dodge and Washington Counties. As you begin to prepare for soybean planting, there is a newer soybean seed treatment option for controlling sudden death syndrome. Sudden death syndrome or SDS is caused by a soil borne fungus and was first […] Continue reading → 
Pickup bags to submit soils samples for a free soybean cyst nematode (SCN) analysis from your local Nebraska Extension Office. I have 31 bags here at the office in Fremont For years we have promoted farmers soil sampling their fields for SCN in the fall after harvest. The reasons we’ve listed for sampling at this […] Continue reading → 
This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist for Nebraska Extension. As you get crops out of field this fall, you may begin to think about the 2016 growing season. Harvest is the ideal time to consider how on-farm research could benefit your farm. The Nebraska On-Farm Research Network provides an opportunity for you to […] Continue reading → 
This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist for Nebraska Extension. Over the last two weeks, I have been getting some calls about planting winter wheat after soybeans. The most common questions have been on variety selection, planting dates, seeding rates, and planting depth. You might be saying to yourself, “I don’t plant winter wheat, […] Continue reading → 
This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist for Nebraska Extension. Many of you have been attending seed company plot tours and starting to think about which soybean varieties to pick for the 2016 growing season. Soybean variety selection is the earliest routine management decision you make and one of the most important. Trials in […] Continue reading → 
August 16-18 rainfall totals ranged from 2 to 5 inches across the Dodge and Washington Counties bringing a likely end to the irrigation season for many. Rainfall totals were lowest around Fremont and highest around Scribner. Most corn is between the dough (R4) and dent (R5) stages. Disease pressure from southern rust, gray leaf spot, […] Continue reading → 
Upcoming plot tours from local agribusinesses in Dodge and Washington Counties: August 18: Syngenta – Dam Seeds (Derek Dam, 402-278-0682) Time: 6:00 PM Directions: Two miles east of Winslow on Co Rd J and one half mile north of Co Rd 24 Dinner: To follow at 7:45 pm at Hooper Fire Hall August 26: Syngenta […] Continue reading →