How important is considering soybean relative maturity in eastern Nebraska? It can be significant depending on your goals. Spreading out harvest to manage seed moisture at harvest, early harvest for marketing, early harvest to seed a cover/forage crop or winter wheat cash crop, or later relative maturities for timing rainfalls in mid to late August […] Continue reading → 
We are in the process of hosting meetings for Nebraska On-Farm Research Network 2020 Annual Results Updates in Beatrice, Mead, Norfolk, Kearney, Alliance, and Grand Island. The first meeting starts on February 18 and the last one ends on February 28. To learn more about the meetings visit croptechcafe.org or contact me at 402-821-2151. One […] 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 → 
I talked with 160 private pesticide applicators at the trainings in Wilber and Saline Center this past week about integrated pest management in regards to frogeye leaf spot, a fungal disease in soybeans. In 2019, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension confirmed this pathogen showed resistance to a common fungicide group 11 or QoI, formerly called […] Continue reading → 
At the Crop Production Clinic at the Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center near Mead last week, I presented on “Making Data-Driven Decisions on Soybean Inoculation in Nebraska Cropping Systems.” As producers, I have the following three goals for you: Gain a better understanding of biological nitrogen fixation, learn how to place fields into categories […] Continue reading → 
A NEW MULTI-COUNTY EXTENSION AGRONOMY WEBSITE Last week I mentioned as a Nebraska Extension Cropping Systems Educator for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln that it is my responsibility to develop and deliver local crops and water educational programs and resources for Saline, Jefferson, and Gage counties for crop producers. Instead of trying to coordinate changes for […] Continue reading → 
HAVE YOU HEARD? There is a new face and name for this weekly column. Randy Pryor’s 37 years of service to Nebraskans is truly remarkable. I hope that you had the chance to attend Randy’s retirement party and read his last column. In my first column, I want to introduce myself and explain my […] Continue reading →