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 → 
Listen to this week’s KTIC Radio Extension Corner: This is Aaron Nygren, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension in Colfax, Cuming, and Stanton counties. This week let’s talk about the benefits of using soil water sensors for managing irrigation. Potential benefits include lower irrigation costs, reduced chances of overwatering, and less nutrient leaching. One […] Continue reading → 
Location 1: 2 miles west of Hooper, rainfed no-till corn after soybeans on Moody Silty Clay Loam soil (about 2.2″ of available water per foot) August 19 – August 26 Weekly Rainfall & Crop Water Use for August 19 – August 26: Rainfall = 2.3″ ET Reference Reading = 0.9 Corn Water Use (R5 dent stage, 1/2 […] Continue reading → Location 1: 2 miles west of Hooper, rainfed no-till corn after soybeans on Moody Silty Clay Loam soil (about 2.2″ of available water per foot) August 12 – August 19 Weekly Rainfall & Crop Water Use for August 12 – August 19: Rainfall = 1.25″ ET Reference Reading = 1.3 Corn Water Use (R5 dent stage, 1/4 milk […] Continue reading → 
Location 1: 2 miles west of Hooper, rainfed no-till corn after soybeans on Moody Silty Clay Loam soil (about 2.2″ of available water per foot) August 5 – August 12 Weekly Rainfall & Crop Water Use for August 5 – August 12: Rainfall = 0.7″ ET Reference Reading = 1.1 Corn Water Use (R4.7 beginning dent stage) = 1.21″ […] Continue reading → View crop water use from around the Nebraska at the Nebraska Ag Water Mgnt Network. Location 1: 2 miles west of Hooper, rainfed no-till corn after soybeans on Moody Silty Clay Loam soil (about 2.2″ of available water per foot) July 29 – August 5 Weekly Rainfall & Crop Water Use for July 29 – August […] Continue reading → View crop water use from around the Nebraska at the Nebraska Ag Water Mgnt Network. Location 1: 2 miles west of Hooper, rainfed no-till corn after soybeans on Moody Silty Clay Loam soil (about 2.2″ of available water per foot) July 22 – July 29 Weekly Rainfall & Crop Water Use for July 22 – July 29: […] Continue reading →