Fusarium head blight (FHB), also called head scab, is a fungal disease that infects wheat during flowering, which typically occurs between mid-May to early June in this area. Over the past 15 years widespread FHB epidemics occurred in Nebraska in 2007, 2008, 2015, and 2019. Southeast Nebraska is particularly prone to FHB issues. In addition […] Continue reading → 
Planting season can be busy and stressful, so please don’t forget to be safe when handling treated seed and check the seed tag or talk to your seed dealer for specific handling and use directions. Treated seed is another route of exposure for farmers and other handlers, whether this exposure is to fungicide, insecticide, or […] Continue reading → 
As spring is nearly here, I wanted to remind farmers and agronomists about resources available from your local Extension offices in Wilber, Fairbury, and Beatrice. Our local extension offices are open to the public for walk-ins. As a reminder, the Extension offices are located in Wilber at 306 W 3rd St, in Fairbury at 517 […] Continue reading → 
Listen to several other Nebraska Extension Radio Minutes about boron and chloride in a previous post. 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 → 
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 →