Out of abundance of caution with COVID-19, we did cancel the in-person option for Nebraska Extension field days and tours this summer in eastern Nebraska. However, these field days still went on behind the scenes as we recorded short videos to capture many of the demonstration plots and speakers. I want to highlight a few […] 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 → 
This article was recently run in an issue of CropWatch and authored by Megan Taylor, Aaron, Nygren, Nathan Mueller, and Jenny Rees. Checking labels has become second nature, but what about checking the seed tag? This year remember to be safe when handling treated seed and check the seed tag for specific handling and use […] Continue reading → 
You could really notice the spring growth of winter annual weeds in some fields this past week. A winter annual weed is an unwanted plant in your field that germinated last fall, overwintered, resumed growth this spring, and will some begin flowering and producing seed this spring. There are numerous species of winter annuals weeds […] 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 → 
This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension for Dodge and Washington counties. We don’t consider eastern Nebraska winter wheat country, however roughly 50,000 acres of winter wheat are grown in the three eastern Nebraska crop reporting districts, which is east of Highway 14 from Knox down to Nuckolls County. Wheat is […] Continue reading → 
This is Aaron Nygren, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension in Colfax, Cuming, and Stanton counties. Hope everyone is making some progress in the field this week after the long weather delay. As you harvest, be sure to be looking for fields with winter annual weeds and make plans for control. Many of the fields […] Continue reading →