As spring approaches and winter wheat begins to green up, agronomists and farmers still have the opportunity to stimulate spring tillering on late-planted fields or those fields with thin stands with early nitrogen. If not applied in the fall, two other key nutrients, chloride and sulfur, can be included at green up during the early […] Continue reading → 
Soil health will be a fundamental component of sustaining family farms and rural communities in the long-term. A healthy functioning soil provides numerous local ecosystem benefits in your own community including improved water quality, flood and drought mitigation, and other benefits that can improve both human health and wealth. USDA-NRCS defines soil health as the […] Continue reading → 
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 → 
What is new on the website? A new page about local on-farm research highlights past work done by local producers in cooperation with Randy Pryor and other UNL faculty. The on-farm research results are organized by county and year. Past studies were on cover crops, corn nitrogen management, corn seeding rates, soybean seed treatments, and […] Continue reading → 
Weekly highlights and resources for producing winter wheat in eastern Nebraska. Pictures submitted in June by eastern Nebraska wheat growers and agronomist in Jefferson (UNL variety trial) and Saline counties. Email me to have your wheat picture featured next week! Weather Drought Monitor in eastern Nebraska: Abnormally dry areas in east central and southern Nebraska remain, but some […] Continue reading → 
Corn Corn planting was complete along the route, other than a few seed corn fields near Dorchester (Figure 1). Planting progress was well ahead of normal this season due to the dry weather during April and May, with an average of 5.3 days suitable for field work per week locally since the beginning of April […] Continue reading →