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Presentation by Nathan Mueller at the 2018 Nebraska Crop Management Conference in Kearney on Jan. 25, 2018 Continue reading → Presentation by Nathan Mueller at the 2018 Nebraska Crop Management Conference in Kearney on Jan. 25, 2018 Continue reading → How Do We Change Our Management to Deal with Grain on the Ground?
Listen to this week’s agronomy Extension Corner on some of the management that will be needed to deal with the effects of weather and grain loss this fall: This is Aaron Nygren, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension in Colfax, Cuming, and Stanton counties. This fall, weather reminded us that our crop isn’t made until […] Continue reading → 2017 Dodge County Crop Tech Cafe Yield Tour
2017 Dodge County Crop Tech Cafe Yield Tour: September 5-7 with Nathan Mueller As a reminder, here is my methodology… Crop Tech Cafe Corn Yield Estimation Method: Stop at random fields along a predetermined driving route through Dodge County (map above). Walk past all end rows and then walk at least another 60 feet or […] Continue reading → KTIC Radio Extension Corner: Winter Wheat in Eastern Nebraska
Listen to this week’s Extension Agronomy Corner on KTIC Radio: This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension for Dodge and Washington counties. Winter wheat grown in Northeast and East Central Nebraska only makes up 1% of all Nebraska wheat acres, which was roughly 15,000 acres in 2016. However, what is surprising […] Continue reading → KTIC Radio Extension Corner: Gray Leaf Spot and Southern Rust
Listen to this week’s KTIC Radio Extension Corner on Gray Leaf Spot and Southern Rust: “This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension for Dodge and Washington counties. Over the past week two leaf fungal disease have become much more noticeable and may warrant fungicide application. This includes gray leaf spot […] Continue reading → Does High Humidity and Temperature Disrupt Corn Pollination?
Does High Humidity and Temperature Disrupt Corn Pollination? With the high humidity and high temperatures this week, how could this impact corn pollination? Here is a short summary and highlights from a UNL CropWatch article “How Extended High Heat Disrupts Corn Pollination” written by Tom Hoegemeyer in 2011. High humidity helps reduce crop water demand […] Continue reading → Nebraska Crop Progress and Condition Report: May 22, 2017
Nebraska Crop Progress and Condition Report from USDA May 15 through May 21, 2017 – Temperatures averaged three to five degrees below normal, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Significant rainfall of two inches or more was recorded across the majority of counties; however, rainfall totals of three inches or more was recorded […] Continue reading →