What’s up this WHEAT? Weekly highlights and resources for producing winter wheat in eastern Nebraska. Weather Midwest Climate Hub: Midwest Ag-Focus Climate Outlook, May 1 Abnormally dry rating from the US Drought Monitor moves into Nuckolls and Thayer counties. NWS Climate Prediction Center: Dry pattern predicted to continue in the 6-10 day and the 8-14 […] Continue reading → 
Last week I wrote about freeze damage to alfalfa and there is now an expanded version on our statewide agronomy website at https://cropwatch.unl.edu/2020/freeze-damage-alfalfa. I have received numerous questions and concerns about winter wheat too. Our western Nebraska Cropping Systems Extension Specialist, Cody Creech, has already written an article about freeze injury to wheat with references […] Continue reading → 
What’s up this Wheat? Weekly highlights and resources for producing winter wheat in eastern Nebraska. Weather High Plains Regional Climate Center:Station Tool and view Crete 4ESE station with two record cold days set on April 10 and 14. Station data from 1893-Current. USDA Midwest Climate Hub: Extreme Cold-Freezing Impacts USDA Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin: […] Continue reading → 
With warm weather the first week of April and the current cold spell, questions about freeze damage to alfalfa will be on the rise. Friend, Plymouth, and Beatrice reached 86, 87, and 89 degrees respectively on April 7. In Lincoln, a record high was set for the day of April 7 (87 degrees) and a […] Continue reading → 
What’s up this Wheat? Weekly highlights and resources for producing winter wheat in eastern Nebraska. Weather Dry week ahead in eastern Nebraska: Quantitative Precipitation Map Past 30 Days of Precip: Below normal rainfall in southeast NE (50-75%) and above normal in northeast NE (150%) Current soil moisture is good for the most part at 4, […] Continue reading → 
Hello All, What’s up this Wheat? Weekly highlights and resources for producing winter wheat in eastern Nebraska. Happy first day of spring! Weather Al’s Forecast on Market Journal – Nebraska Extension Ag Climatologist Nebraska Mesonet: Soil Moisture Sensor Readings at 4, 10, 20, and 40 inches deep. Use the drop-down menu and select soil moisture […] 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 →