Highlighted items you may want to read more about in this week’s report: Soybean aphids reported, where at? Corn rootworm damage… have you checked your roots? What is a Grape Colaspis beetle? Corn and soybean weekly water use. Platte River Valley (Fremont, Ames, North Bend) Overall, corn is in poor to good condition and soybeans […] Continue reading → 
2014 EQIP Storm Damage Cover Crop Initiative Action Required by: August 15, 2014 Purpose. To announce a targeted initiative to address the loss of residue cover on cropland fields caused by storm damage during the 2014 cropping season Expiration Date. September 30, 2014 Producers that have experienced crop and residue loss in the 2014 growing […] Continue reading → 
Platte River Valley (Fremont, Ames, North Bend) Corn and soybeans on well-drained fields in the Platte River valley are in fair to good condition. Some corn fields will have visible tassels by next week (Figure 2). Soybeans that were planted early are about 1.5 ft tall and blooming (Figure 3). However, waterlogged conditions have negatively […] Continue reading → 
June 2014 was the second wettest June on record (1893-2014). Here is the list of years when Fremont received over 10 inches in the month of June. For Fremont, NE – Rainfall totals for June over 10 inches from 1893-2014: 1899 – 10.17 inches 1908 – 10.85 inches 1944 – 10.53 inches 1947 – 10.16 […] Continue reading → 
Many growers in Cuming, Burt, Dodge, and Washington County had a lot of decisions to make this week on replanting: From weighing yield potential, corn maturity selection, herbicide considerations, and crop insurance deadlines/options. As a result, a regional meeting was hosted on June 10 at Uehling, NE where over 120 people attended and covered by […] Continue reading → 