Platte River Valley (Fremont, Ames, North Bend) Corn and soybeans on well-drained fields in the Platte River valley are in fair to good condition. Some corn fields will have visible tassels by next week (Figure 2). Soybeans that were planted early are about 1.5 ft tall and blooming (Figure 3). However, waterlogged conditions have negatively […] Continue reading → 
This is Nathan Mueller, UNL Extension Educator for Cropping Systems and Agricultural Technologies, in Fremont, NE. Diseases and insects growers may be seeing with week include bacterial blight in soybeans, leaf spot in alfalfa, and southern corn rootworm beetles. Should we be concerned and if so, what can we do? Bacterial blight in soybeans are […] Continue reading → 
Platte River Valley (Fremont, Ames, North Bend) The water level in the Fremont Cutoff Ditch (Figure 2) dropped enough after the Friday, June 20 rainfall event to start draining lower-lying fields. However, corn and soybeans on well-drained fields in the Platte River bottom look good with corn reaching the 11-collar growth stage (Figure 3) and […] Continue reading → 
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