What’s Up This Wheat? June 3-9
Hello All, What’s Up This Wheat? Weekly highlights and resources for growing winter wheat in Eastern Nebraska. Weather Nebraska Drought Monitor for June 7 – No change over the past week under abnormally dry area or D1 drought classification. 3% increase in the area under D1 drought classification for southeast Nebraska compared to the first […] Continue reading →
Eastern Nebraska Wheat and Pulse Crop Field Day, June 12 near Mead
Eastern Nebraska Wheat and Pulse Crop Field Day, June 12 near Mead Print the program flyer as a reminder and tape or pin up at home or work. Listen to this audio promotion for the the field day! Please register online at go.unl.edu/wheatpulsefieldday by June 8 Learn more about this field day and others during […] Continue reading →
What’s Up This Wheat? May 13-19
Hello All, What’s Up This Wheat? Weekly highlights and resources for growing winter wheat in Eastern Nebraska. Weather Nebraska Drought Monitor for May 17 – A 5% reduction in the area under abnormally dry area coming from north of the Platte River. Slight reduction in the D1 drought rating for southeast Nebraska. Significant rainfall predicted […] Continue reading →
What’s Up This Wheat? April 29 – May 5
Hello All, What’s Up This Wheat? Weekly highlights and resources for growing winter wheat in Eastern Nebraska. Weather Nebraska Drought Monitor for May 3 – Created prior to the rain this week, but expansion of the abnormally dry area throughout southeast Nebraska and up into east central Nebraska. Significant rainfall May 1-3 across portions of […] Continue reading →
KTIC Radio Extension Corner: Assessing winter wheat stand and yield potential
Listen to this week’s extension corner: This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension for Dodge and Washington counties. I have been getting calls from producers across eastern Nebraska about interest in planting wheat for the first time or bringing it back into the rotation over the past year. Last month I […] Continue reading →