We just wrapped up taping the Midwest Soybean Production In-Field Clinic at the Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center near Mead in Saunders County. I worked with our new nutrient management and water quality Extension Specialist, Javed Iqbal, on demo plots and education on three topics including boron, zinc, and basic cation saturation ratios in […] 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 → 
First, no one likes to see a soybean canopy devoured by Japanese beetles, grasshoppers, or various caterpillars. Second, most people overestimate the amount of defoliation that has occurred. Lastly, most folks do not like scouting several locations within a field in July/August because it is tough walking. We should tolerate some low level of defoliation […] Continue reading → 
Nebraska Extension released results from the 2020 surveys on farm custom rates, cash rent rates, and real estate values. Jim Jansen, Extension Educator for Agricultural Economics, leads the 2020 Nebraska Farm Real Estate Report, and Glennis McClure, Farm and Ranch Management Analyst Extension Educator, leads the 2020 Nebraska Farm Custom Rates Report. These are two […] Continue reading → 
As a cropping systems Extension educator or public agronomist for the University of Nebraska in Saline, Jefferson and Gage counties, you would assume that I get many calls about corn and soybean production given it makes up a bulk of the acres. However, questions related to pasture, grass hay, and alfalfa production are actually 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 →