2016 Dodge County Crop Tech Cafe Yield Tour: September 7-10 by Nathan Mueller Listen to this interview with Chad Moyer and I from Husker Harvest Days about the results of the 2016 Dodge County Yield Tour: First, how close was my preharvest yield estimates last year during this tour? USDA-NASS 2015 Dodge County yields based […] Continue reading → 
Crop Tech Cafe Preharvest Soybean Yield Estimator After years of frustration in trying to estimate soybean yield prior to harvest, I have created a set of resources for others to use that hopefully allow us to more closely agree with the combine and weigh tickets. Below you will find a brief video created by Market […] Continue reading → 
Where Winter Wheat Works This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension for Dodge and Washington counties. Are you looking to improve soil quality and health, plant cover crops, reduce soil erosion, find a place to haul manure, fight winter annual weeds, diversify of your crop rotation, and spread out workload […] Continue reading → 
Listen to the KTIC Radio Extension Corner: This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension for Dodge and Washington counties. As we move into the month of June, we usually start to wonder if we should make any changes to our normal soybean management, such as changing relative maturity, custom planting, or […] Continue reading → 
Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension for Dodge and Washington Counties. As you begin to prepare for soybean planting, there is a newer soybean seed treatment option for controlling sudden death syndrome. Sudden death syndrome or SDS is caused by a soil borne fungus and was first […] Continue reading → 
This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension for Dodge and Washington County. Last week I discussed when and where corn zinc deficiencies more commonly occur in Northeast Nebraska. Visit croptechcafe.org to listen to last week’s radio message. Iron deficiency chlorosis in soybeans is the other main micronutrient concern in Northeast Nebraska. […] Continue reading → 
This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension. Finding profit in 2016 is something we all know will be a struggle. The first step is to develop an accrual balance. You should be able to answer how many bushels do I need to cover my cost of production for each crop on […] Continue reading →