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 → 
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 → 
This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist for Nebraska Extension. I have been receiving calls about soybean aphids over the past week and I wanted to discuss with you some guidelines moving into the second half of August. First, there is three numbers I want you to remember 250-80-6. These are numbers to remember […] Continue reading → 
This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist for Nebraska Extension. There are an array of foliar feeding insects in soybean fields right now. It is sometimes hard to determine the percent of defoliation and to identify which insects are causing the defoliation in your soybean crop. First, as soybeans begin to set pods, an […] Continue reading → 
In this report, I will use the definitions used by USDA-NASS for crop conditions: General crop conditions. Categories are defined as follows: Very Poor – Extreme loss of yield potential; complete or near complete crop failure. Poor – Heavy loss of yield potential due to excessive soil moisture, drought, disease, etc. Fair – Less than […] Continue reading → 
Most corn is between the V6 and V12 growth stages. Growers, seed companies, and agronomists are monitoring northern corn leaf blight in the area as lesions are now visible. Scouting will be important especially on more susceptible hybrids following corn. Corn blotch leaf miners are now active, but at low levels. Overall, the corn crop […] Continue reading → 
Figure 1. Major soil associations (colored polygons) in Washington County were used to segment the crop condition report due to differences in soil texture, drainage, and topography. In this report, I will use the definitions used by USDA-NASS for crop conditions: General crop conditions. The county’s entire crop should be assigned a percentage by category, […] Continue reading →