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 → 
Hello All, What’s up this Wheat? Weekly highlights and resources for producing winter wheat in Eastern Nebraska. Weather Al’s Forecast on Market Journal – Nebraska Extension Ag Climatologist Fall Freeze Statistics for Nebraska Regions from the Nebraska Climate Office High Plains Regional Climate Center – August Climate Summary Highlight(s) in the Media Farm Progress: Morning […] 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 →