Hello All, What’s Up This Wheat? Weekly highlights and resources for growing winter wheat in Eastern Nebraska. Weather Nebraska Drought Monitor for May 3 – Created prior to the rain this week, but expansion of the abnormally dry area throughout southeast Nebraska and up into east central Nebraska. Significant rainfall May 1-3 across portions of […] Continue reading → 
Hello All, What’s Up This Wheat? Weekly highlights and resources for growing winter wheat in Eastern Nebraska. Weather Nebraska Drought Monitor for April 26 – Expansion of the abnormally dry area in southeast Nebraska up into east central Nebraska. Market Journal: Weather Forecast from Al Dutcher Soil moisture sensors in Dodge County show good soil […] Continue reading → 
Hello All, What’s Up This Wheat? Weekly highlights and resources for growing winter wheat in Eastern Nebraska. Weather Nebraska Drought Monitor for April 19 – No improvement in southeast Nebraska w/moderate drought for portions of Nuckolls, Thayer, Clay, and Richardson counties How cold has been compared to the other coldest Aprils over the last 123 […] Continue reading → 
Hello All, What’s Up This Wheat? Weekly highlights and resources for growing winter wheat in Eastern Nebraska. Weather Nebraska Drought Monitor for April 12 – No improvement across southeast Nebraska from last week. Subsoil moisture in Nuckolls, Thayer, and Jefferson counties is lacking in the 2 ft and 3 ft based on extension educator reports […] Continue reading → 
Hello All, What’s Up This Wheat? Weekly highlights and resources for growing winter wheat in Eastern Nebraska. Weather How cold did it get on April 4? Data from the HPRCC Station Tool Norfolk = 6 (Record Low) Columbus = 12 (Record Low) Fremont = 13 (Record Low) Clay Center = 18 Lincoln = 14 Fall […] Continue reading → I will be writing a new blog post series this year called “What’s Up This Wheat (Week)?” It will highlight weekly resources for growing winter wheat in Eastern Nebraska. Check out Figure 1 above showing the western, central, and eastern growing regions in Nebraska. This is part of my local Winter Wheat Works Initiative, which […] Continue reading → 1st Annual Winter Wheat Works Initiative Workshop – Feb. 1, 2018 Why attend: Positioning your farm to manage manure, control tough weeds, and improve soil health are just some of the advantages to growing winter wheat in Eastern Nebraska. The winter wheat varieties planted in eastern Nebraska today can yield upward of 140 bu/ac […] Continue reading →