This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension for Dodge and Washington counties. We just finished up with the meetings for Nebraska On-Farm Research Results in Grand Island, Norfolk, North Platte, Alliance, and Beatrice. One attendee told me during one of the meetings that “many of the products and practices evaluated by […] Continue reading → 
Two local chemigation training sessions are being held for farmers who apply fertilizer or chemicals through an irrigation system. The Nebraska Chemigation Act requires that applicators must be certified by attending a course offered by the Nebraska Extension and must pass a 50 question written exam to verify their knowledge of the Chemigation Act requirements. […] Continue reading → 
Because Federal law prohibits youth under 16 years of age from using specific equipment on a farm unless parents or legal guardians own the farm, Nebraska Extension is teaming up with Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health to offer Tractor Safety & Hazardous Occupations Courses at 12 Nebraska locations this summer. To read […] Continue reading → 
This is Aaron Nygren, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension in Colfax, Cuming, and Stanton counties. Today I would like to share some results from research conducted this past summer at Soybean Management Field Day sites across Nebraska. One change at last year’s Soybean Management Field Days was that all the sites were planted the […] Continue reading → 
This is Aaron Nygren, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension in Colfax, Cuming, and Stanton counties. This week, let’s talk about things to focus on as you start getting soil tests back from the labs. With margins tight again this year, most operations likely don’t have a lot of extra cash to invest in fertilizer […] Continue reading → 
This is Aaron Nygren, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension in Colfax, Cuming, and Stanton counties. Hope everyone is making some progress in the field this week after the long weather delay. As you harvest, be sure to be looking for fields with winter annual weeds and make plans for control. Many of the fields […] Continue reading → 
This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension for Dodge and Washington counties. If you plan to either hire or provide custom harvest and hauling this fall, it is best to determine a fair custom rate before the custom work is done, not after. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Iowa State University […] Continue reading →