HAY STORAGE – by Ben Beckman, Beef Systems Extension Educator A number of factors go into ensuring a quality hay crop is harvested each year. Proper storage of hay may be just as important for a quality forage as efforts in the field. Don’t let your work to put up quality hay be wasted by […] 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 Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension for Dodge and Washington counties. If you plan to either hire or provide custom harvest and haul this fall, it is best to determine a fair custom rate before the custom work is done, not after. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Iowa State University […] Continue reading → 
This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension for Dodge and Washington counties. Wheat is the fourth most grown crop falling behind corn, soybean, and alfalfa in eastern Nebraska. Roughly 50,000 acres of winter wheat is grown in the three eastern Nebraska crop reporting districts. I worked with 10 farmers in 2019 […] Continue reading → 
This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension for Dodge and Washington counties. We don’t consider eastern Nebraska winter wheat country, however roughly 50,000 acres of winter wheat are grown in the three eastern Nebraska crop reporting districts, which is east of Highway 14 from Knox down to Nuckolls County. Wheat is […] Continue reading → 
This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension for Dodge and Washington counties. A more diverse crop rotation can play a fundamental role in managing yield limiting factors, increase resilience to extreme weather, and distribute workload. Join Nebraska Extension on Tuesday, June 18 for the Eastern Nebraska Wheat, Pulse, and Double Crop […] Continue reading → This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension for Dodge and Washington counties. If you plan to either hire or provide custom harvest and hauling this fall, it is best to determine a fair custom rate before the custom work is done, not after. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Iowa State University […] Continue reading →