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Youth Discover Crop Science
Reblogged from Views from VanDeWalle: Are you interested in science, agriculture, plants, crops, insects, or diseases? If so, join our team of detectives to solve crop-related problems in the Crop...
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Reunion and Reintegration
This morning I woke up excited. Today the Nebraska National Guard Agribusiness Development Team 3 (NE ADT3) would be reunited with their families! I found myself going back 10 months ago to the day...
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Corn Planting Rate Research & Recs
Even with recent rain and snow events, the subsoil is still dry. You may be wondering, “What should I do regarding corn planting rates in 2013?” A few weeks ago, UNL Extension held our on-farm...
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Sugar Applications to Crops
For the past ten years I’ve come across farmers who really believed in applications of sugar to reduce their pest populations. Being no research to my knowledge to prove it, I tucked the observation...
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Understanding Research Statistics
Dr. Charlie Wortmann, UNL Extension Soil Fertility Specialist, explains the power of statistics for understanding yield and other differences and non-differences for on-farm research.
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Preparing Irrigation Scheduling Equipment
It’s wonderful receiving the rain we did, seeing how quickly planting progress came along, and how quickly corn is popping out of the ground! Being mid-May, it’s time to get our Evapotranspiration...
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Storm Damage to Crops
Memorial Day storms hit us again this year, this time with the EF2 tornado in Edgar. I checked NE Rain, and for the month, Clay County received between 5.9-9.7″ of rain with nearly 3/4 of that coming...
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Wheat Scab Potential Risk
With the recent rains in Nebraska, the potential for wheat scab has increased. This video shares more information including a fungicide table of products to consider with product efficacy ratings for...
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Weed Science Field Day
Hope to see you at this weed science field day at UNL’s South Central Ag Lab near Clay Center on July 2nd! No charge. Please RSVP to (402) 762-4403. More information at: http://scal.unl.edu.
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Crop Update 6-20-13
The sun has been welcomed and crops are rapidly growing in South Central Nebraska! Corn right now is between V6-V8 (6-8 leaf) for the most part. Quite a few farmers were side-dressing and hilling...
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Goss’ Wilt in Corn
Goss’ wilt was found this week in corn damaged from Memorial Day storms in Clay County. I’ve also received pictures that appeared to be Goss’ from crop consultants in other areas of the State. Goss’...
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Southern Rust
Several of us had been watching the USDA IPM Pipe Map for weeks. It wasn’t showing southern rust moving and only Georgia was really lit up. Yet, I had heard reports in Texas and Oklahoma at one...
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Storm Damaged Crops
The rain was welcome on Thursday but the wind and hail damage that came were devastating to a good portion of the County. I’m so sorry to all of you affected….for some of you, this is two years in a...
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Forage Options After the Storm
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Town Hall Discussion on such short notice last week! It was cool watching everyone come together to discuss the concerns at hand. Here’s a recap of some...
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Apps and Mobile Sites for Mobile Devices on the Farm
It didn’t take long for the phrase “there’s an app for that” to be seen and heard regularly in the phone and mobile device world. Today, there are many apps and mobile websites that can be fantastic...
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Rural Futures Conference
Do you have a passion for building strong and resilient rural communities? Do you think about the future and what is in store for rural people and places? If so, I’d encourage you to plan on November...
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Extent of Storm Damage Visual
This map came from Kansas State University in a newsletter where they were talking about the vegetation differences from the Drought of 2012 to 2013 in Kansas. A colleague shared this with me pointing...
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Sprouting Corn Kernels on Hail-Damaged Ears
The latest event in the Clay County storm occurring August 1st has become germination of “good” kernels left on the ears that have been damaged by hail. This event of kernel germination prior to...
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What do Mycotoxin Levels Mean?
Last week I was receiving text messages from a few of our farmers about corn harvest results from damaged corn. Low levels of mycotoxins are being detected in samples thus far, thankfully. Here’s What...
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Nebraska On-Farm Research Network Testimonials
Listen to the value of on-farm research to these participants! Sound interesting to you? Learn more by checking our our On-Farm Research website or contacting any of our faculty involved!
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