I know many folks are not near it yet, but as harvest winds down, there is another important task that you need to remember. Late October and early November is the best time of year to control two of our most common noxious weeds, Canada thistle and musk thistle. This is the time of year […] Continue reading → 
Listen to this week’s agronomy Extension Corner on the benefits of fall spraying for winter annual weed control: This is Aaron Nygren, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension in Colfax, Cuming, and Stanton counties. If you struggled with control of marestail this growing season, spraying this fall is an excellent option to avoid problems next […] Continue reading → 
Harvest is always a busy time of year. The past week and the weeks ahead will see a lot of this year’s crop being harvested after a wet start in late September and early October. However, we can’t let the rush to get crops harvested come before safety. Besides my job for Nebraska Extension, I […] Continue reading → 
2017 Dodge County Crop Tech Cafe Yield Tour: September 5-7 with Nathan Mueller As a reminder, here is my methodology… Crop Tech Cafe Corn Yield Estimation Method: Stop at random fields along a predetermined driving route through Dodge County (map above). Walk past all end rows and then walk at least another 60 feet or […] Continue reading → 
Listen to this week’s Extension Agronomy Corner on KTIC Radio: This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension for Dodge and Washington counties. Winter wheat grown in Northeast and East Central Nebraska only makes up 1% of all Nebraska wheat acres, which was roughly 15,000 acres in 2016. However, what is surprising […] Continue reading → 
Listen to this week’s KTIC Radio Extension Corner on Gray Leaf Spot and Southern Rust: “This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension for Dodge and Washington counties. Over the past week two leaf fungal disease have become much more noticeable and may warrant fungicide application. This includes gray leaf spot […] Continue reading → 
Does High Humidity and Temperature Disrupt Corn Pollination? With the high humidity and high temperatures this week, how could this impact corn pollination? Here is a short summary and highlights from a UNL CropWatch article “How Extended High Heat Disrupts Corn Pollination” written by Tom Hoegemeyer in 2011. High humidity helps reduce crop water demand […] Continue reading →