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 → 
Location 1: 2 miles west of Hooper, rainfed no-till corn after soybeans on Moody Silty Clay Loam soil (about 2.2″ of available water per foot) August 19 – August 26 Weekly Rainfall & Crop Water Use for August 19 – August 26: Rainfall = 2.3″ ET Reference Reading = 0.9 Corn Water Use (R5 dent stage, 1/2 […] Continue reading → Location 1: 2 miles west of Hooper, rainfed no-till corn after soybeans on Moody Silty Clay Loam soil (about 2.2″ of available water per foot) August 12 – August 19 Weekly Rainfall & Crop Water Use for August 12 – August 19: Rainfall = 1.25″ ET Reference Reading = 1.3 Corn Water Use (R5 dent stage, 1/4 milk […] Continue reading → 
Location 1: 2 miles west of Hooper, rainfed no-till corn after soybeans on Moody Silty Clay Loam soil (about 2.2″ of available water per foot) August 5 – August 12 Weekly Rainfall & Crop Water Use for August 5 – August 12: Rainfall = 0.7″ ET Reference Reading = 1.1 Corn Water Use (R4.7 beginning dent stage) = 1.21″ […] Continue reading → View crop water use from around the Nebraska at the Nebraska Ag Water Mgnt Network. Location 1: 2 miles west of Hooper, rainfed no-till corn after soybeans on Moody Silty Clay Loam soil (about 2.2″ of available water per foot) July 29 – August 5 Weekly Rainfall & Crop Water Use for July 29 – August […] Continue reading → View crop water use from around the Nebraska at the Nebraska Ag Water Mgnt Network. Location 1: 2 miles west of Hooper, rainfed no-till corn after soybeans on Moody Silty Clay Loam soil (about 2.2″ of available water per foot) July 15 – July 22 Weekly Rainfall & Crop Water Use for July 15 – July […] Continue reading → 
View previous mid-July crop tours from July 14 and July 21, 2014 and July 16, 2015 In this report, I will use the definitions used by USDA-NASS for crop conditions: USDA Crop Condition Ratings: Very Poor: Extreme degree of loss to yield potential, complete or near crop failure. Poor: Heavy loss of yield potential due […] Continue reading →