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Shortages in Personal Protective Equipment for Pesticides

Personal protective equipment, also called PPE, may be in short supply during the 2020 growing season. The most common personal protective equipment needed for mixing, loading, and applying pesticides safely include chemical resistant boots, aprons, goggles, gloves and respirators in addition to proper clothing (pants, long-sleeves, etc.). Now all of these are not in short […]
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Safe Handling of Treated Seed

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This article was recently run in an issue of CropWatch and authored by Megan Taylor, Aaron, Nygren, Nathan Mueller, and Jenny Rees. Checking labels has become second nature, but what about checking the seed tag? This year remember to be safe when handling treated seed and check the seed tag for specific handling and use […]
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In-person trainings cancelled and online training available for private pesticide and chemigation

Nebraska Extension is fully committed to the health and well-being of Nebraskans. In a disease situation like COVID-19, the principle of social distancing is one of the main methods that can be used to help reduce the spread of the disease. Chancellor Ronnie Green has issued guidance that all UNL classes will move to ‘remote’ […]
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Managing Frogeye Leaf Spot in a New Decade

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 […]
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KWBE 1450 AM Radio Extension Updates: Week of Jan. 20-24

Monday, January 20: Introduction This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your new local agronomist with Nebraska Extension for Saline, Jefferson and Gage counties. What is a Nebraska Extension Cropping Systems or Agronomy Educator? The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has three key mission as a land-grant institution including teaching, research, and extension. Nebraska Extension is charged with extending […]
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