Hello All, What’s up this Wheat? Weekly highlights and resources for producing winter wheat in Eastern Nebraska. Weather NOAA Climate Prediction Center – Above average temperature probability and equal to slightly above average precipitation probability for September-October-November in eastern Nebraska U.S. Soil Moisture Totals, Anomalies, Percentiles and Changes – CPC U.S. Drought Monitor –Small area […] Continue reading → 
This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension for Dodge and Washington counties. Wheat is the fourth most grown crop falling behind corn, soybean, and alfalfa in eastern Nebraska. Roughly 50,000 acres of winter wheat is grown in the three eastern Nebraska crop reporting districts. I worked with 10 farmers in 2019 […] 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 → Hello All, What’s up this Wheat? Weekly highlights and resources for producing winter wheat in Eastern Nebraska. Weather NOAA Climate Prediction Center – Warmer and drier for wheat harvest later this week and next Quick Drought Response Index – northeast Nebraska showing initial signs NOAA Precipitation Analysis – Radar estimated rainfall from July 8 and […] Continue reading → 
This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension for Dodge and Washington counties. A more diverse crop rotation can play a fundamental role in managing yield limiting factors, increase resilience to extreme weather, and distribute workload. Join Nebraska Extension on Tuesday, June 18 for the Eastern Nebraska Wheat, Pulse, and Double Crop […] Continue reading → 
Hello All, What’s up this Wheat? Weekly highlights and resources for producing winter wheat in Eastern Nebraska. Weather Weather Outlooks for Planting Season and Summer – Al Dutcher U.S. soil moisture anomaly in millimeters Cool and wet weather predicted to continue – NOAA Climate Prediction Center Fusarium Head Blight Prediction Center – Likely high risk […] Continue reading → Hello All, What’s Up This Wheat? Weekly highlights and resources for growing winter wheat in Eastern Nebraska. Weather Nebraska Drought Monitor for Sept. 20 – No areas in eastern Nebraska are under an abnormally dry or drought. How does this compare to last year at this time? Sept. 19, 2017 the southern tier of counties […] Continue reading →