Nebraska Extension is fully committed to the health and well-being of Nebraskans. In a disease situation like COVID-19, the principle of social distancing is one of the main methods that can be used to help reduce the spread of the disease. Chancellor Ronnie Green has issued guidance that all UNL classes will move to ‘remote’ […] Continue reading → 
How important is considering soybean relative maturity in eastern Nebraska? It can be significant depending on your goals. Spreading out harvest to manage seed moisture at harvest, early harvest for marketing, early harvest to seed a cover/forage crop or winter wheat cash crop, or later relative maturities for timing rainfalls in mid to late August […] Continue reading → 
On Tuesday, March 3, Nebraska Extension will be hosting the Southeast Nebraska Soil Health Conference in Hickman in southern Lancaster County. The conference theme is feeding the belowground and aboveground livestock. It is an opportunity for both crop and livestock producers to learn new ideas about cover crops and soil health that can have positive […] Continue reading → 
We are in the process of hosting meetings for Nebraska On-Farm Research Network 2020 Annual Results Updates in Beatrice, Mead, Norfolk, Kearney, Alliance, and Grand Island. The first meeting starts on February 18 and the last one ends on February 28. To learn more about the meetings visit croptechcafe.org or contact me at 402-821-2151. One […] Continue reading → 
Two weeks ago, I was an invited speaker at an Iowa State University Extension agronomy program for producers in southwest Iowa. Given my talk was on adding small grain production in southwest Iowa; I was not expecting much of a crowd since there was another concurrent session they could attend. To my dismay, 40 producers […] 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 → 