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 […] Continue reading → 
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 […] Continue reading → 
You could really notice the spring growth of winter annual weeds in some fields this past week. A winter annual weed is an unwanted plant in your field that germinated last fall, overwintered, resumed growth this spring, and will some begin flowering and producing seed this spring. There are numerous species of winter annuals weeds […] Continue reading → 
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’ […] 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 → 
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 […] Continue reading → 
This is Aaron Nygren, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension in Colfax, Cuming, and Stanton counties. Last week, Wayne Ohnesorg covered some important information on soybean gall midge. This week I want to give you an updates since we just received confirmation from UNL researchers that soybean gall midge adults have started emerging in the […] Continue reading →