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December 14, 2007 - January 2008
Crop Production:Long-term no-till outyields tilled comparisons
Alternative Crops:Oilseed potential
Forage:Alfalfa and forage management including balancing pasture types; avoiding nitrate problems; alfalfa varieties with resistance to potato leafhoppers; and grass-alfalfa mixtures
November 30
Soil Fertility:Forecast for fertilizer prices; keeping production profitable with fertilizer price increases
November 16
Nutrient Management:The phosphorus index: new developments and issues; harvesting corn stover
Forage:What defines a "killing freeze" in alfalfa; controlling winter annual weeds in alfalfa; avoiding grain loss when grazing wheat
October 26
Soil Management:Confronting harvest ruts and gullies
Disease Management:Fall testing for soybean cyst nematodes
Nutrient Management:Delaying anhydrous until temperature drops
Organic:NRCS offers aid for transition to organic production
October 12: Focus on Seed Selection
Seed Selection:Selecting corn seed for disease management; understanding Bt hybrids and their IRM programs; importance of complying with IRM programs; farm-saved seed; selecting a disease-resistant soybean variety; when to order soybean seed treatment; selecting grain sorghum hybrids
Grain Storage:Four options for adding a bin fan
Forage:Harvesting alfalfa and preserving winter hardiness; how rain reduces feeding value of stalks; revitalizing warm-season pastures
September 28 - October 5
Disease Management:Soybean rust confirmed in Nebraska; aflatoxin in some southeast Nebraska corn; Market Journal on aflatoxin and corn diseases
Grain Storage:Aeration and stored grain temperature; tips for successful grain storage; temporary grain storage; reducing energy costs when drying grain
Conservation: Scout harvest fields for conservation needs
Soil Fertility:Soil testing to determine fertilizer need
Forage:Thistle control; hazards of freeze-damaged forages; grazing management to provide healthy grass
September 7 - September 14
Disease Management:Late season and post-harvest corn diseases; harvest and storage problems due to diseases
Forage:Adding fall lime for alfalfa; taking profit with quality hay; allowing recovery for warm-season grasses
August 24
Disease Management:Sudden death syndrome in eastern Nebraska soybean
Insect Management:Webworms in alfalfa and soybeans; green cloverworms in soybeans
Weather:Soil moisture levels quite variable across the state; historical climate trends differ from national forecasts
Grain Storage:准备存储箱和设备;的价值larger diameter bins
Forage:Controlling late season pasture weeds; value of cover crops; timing key to best silage
Farm Management:Nebraska farm real estate value and cash rents higher
August 10
Wheat:Recapping the wheat season; development of a wheat variety; soil sampling and fertilizing; wheat variety selection and seeding rates; online wheat variety tour; impact of Plant Variety Protection Act; impact of summer fallow replacement crops on winter wheat; hard white wheat update; seed treatments; Controlling volunteer wheat to limit wheat streak mosaic; controlling winter annual weeds
Corn:Update on corn diseases
Insect Management:Greenbug numbers increasing in sorghum
July 27
Insect Management:Scouting alerts for whiteflies, immature grasshoppers and 2nd generation European corn borer moths; corn rootworm scouting numbers for production decisions
Disease Management:Southern rust in Nebraska corn; soybean rust in Texas and Oklahoma
Forage:Grazing downed corn; planting turnips for winter grazing
Wheat:Ordering wheat seed
July 13
Corn:Smut, spots, rusts and mimics in corn; results of Nebraska foliar fungicide trials on corn; corn rootworm assessment
Soybean:New state SCN record; soybean defoliation and potential impact on yields
Wheat:冬小麦生育中期调查;播种牧草into wheat stubble
Forage:Thinning alfalfa fields
June 29, 2007
Insect Management:Treating western bean cutworm; soybean aphid biology and management
Disease Management:Black chaff in wheat; integrated management of eastern redcedar;
Wheat:Hard white wheat crop update
Forage:当苜蓿不会很快恢复;删除干草bales after harvest; rotational grazing benefits
June 22, 2007
Insect Management: Armyworm alert
Wheat:Wheat scab extends into southwest Nebraska; harvesting damaged wheat
Forage:Managing windrow disease in alfalfa; tips for planting forages after wheat; making hay when the sun shines; replanting forages after bad weather
June 15, 2007
Corn:Panhandle sustains significant freeze damage
Soybean:On-farm soybean population research; risk of soybean rust disease reduced
Wheat: Wheat scab (fusarium head blight) widespread
Insect Management:Scout for European corn borer moths; common stalk borer damage; managing potato leafhoppers in alfalfa
Weed Management:Herbicides for summer pasture weed control; controlling buckbrush in pasture
Forage:Raise cutting height when first hay harvest is delayed
June 8, 2007
Crop Production:Assessing hail and flood damage to crops
Wheat:Wheat producers may see freeze damage
Water:Nebraska reservoir response to recent rains
Disease Management:Seedling diseases in corn; SCN sampling project; Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic
Soil Fertility:Estimating post-rainfall nitrogen
Weed Management:Timing soybean and corn weed management; control of problem weeds in Roundup Ready® soybean
Insect Management:Corn rootworm egg hatch; use light trap counts to predict pest problems
May 25 - June 1
Disease Management:Barley yellow dwarf virus widespread in wheat; June 1 update on wheat diseases
Nutrient Management:Nitrogen fertilizer
Weed Management: Controlling weeds in proso millet; comparison of glyphosate generics and brand name; weed species competitiveness in soybean; controlling ragweed and vervain
Forage:Alfalfa weevil predictor; better manure application in alfalfa; evaluating forage status; tips for baling wet hay; using preservatives when baling hay; Fertilizing warm-season grasses; timing important to planting summer annuals
May 18
Disease Management:Wheat disease widespread in south central and southeast; potential profit using fungicide in wheat
Water:Identifying and testing technologies to conserve water, energy
Weed Management:Using preemergence herbicides postemergence; using glyphosate alone for problem weeds in Roundup Ready soybean; insects can influence the timing of weed management in soybeans; controlling mullein and ragweed in pastures and volunteer corn in soybean; recycling plastic pesticide containers
May 11
Disease Management:Leaf fungal diseases severely damaging alfalfa; seedling diseases in corn and soybean; leaf rust confirmed
Insect Management:Scout emerging soybeans for bean leaf beetles; identify and treat aphids in wheat; rangeland at high risk for grasshoppers
Planting:How planting speed can cost yields; how flooding affects fields and yields; prediction for further rain later in the month
Forage Production:Fertilizing cool-season grasses; growing summer annual forages and oat pastures
Weed Management:Controlling problem weeds in Roundup Ready soybean; row width affects weed development
May 4
Insect Management:Scouting for early insect problems in corn; alfalfa weevil predictor guide; identifying and controlling white grubs
Disease Management:Optimizing soybean nodes and yields; herbicide options for sunflower; controlling winter annuals
Pesticides:Managing pesticide applications to improve efficacy, reduce drift
April 27
Corn:Delayed corn plantings; when to consider a shorter season hybrid; state and county corn yields from 2006
Wheat:Update on freeze-damaged wheat; herbicide carryover from wheat and issues related to recropping wheat fields
Sorghum:Section 18 exemption granted for Lumax in grain sorghum
No-Till:Water savings with residue management and no-till
Alfalfa:Models predict alfalfa weevil feeding
April 20
Planting:Avoiding sidewall compaction at planting
Weed Management:How AMS and AMS substitutes work
Wheat:Evaluating winter wheat post-freeze; wheat and alfalfa early season insects
Forage:Preparing pastures to beat the drought
Irrigation:Comparing fuel sources for irrigation
April 13
Wheat & Alfalfa:Wheat and alfalfa damage reports; potential insect and rust problems in wheat; update on alfalfa freeze damage; shortcuts for planting alfalfa; predicting alfalfa weevil development
Weather:Theforecast
Plant Disease:Risk of Stewart's Wilt and flea beetle damage down from 2006; nutrient and planter management for no-till corn-on-corn; burndown herbicide activity in cold conditions; controlling musk thistle in pastures; Nebraska Hall of Ag Achievement awards; Market Journal: Outlook for corn prices; crop reports and more.
April 6
WheatRecommendations for assessing freeze damage to wheat and alfalfa
Corn:No-till and tilled corn on corn recommendations
Weed Management:Warm-season weed management; ag health study examines pesticide exposure, diseases; Cotton liners for chemical-resistant gloves
March 30
Corn:No-till corn-on-corn: insect, disease and weed management tips; Q&A on BT refuge requirements
Weed Management:New herbicides for 2007; controlling winter annuals; managing pesticide applications to avoid drift
Wheat:Fertilizing winter wheat; wheat condition report
Irrigation:Pre-season irrigation system check list
March 16
Crop Production:Decision-aid spreadsheet for continuous corn or a corn/soybean rotation; no-tilling corn on corn; factors to consider when no-tilling corn on corn
Wheat:Nitrogen management for winter wheat; managing foliar diseases of wheat with fungicides; weed control in wheat
Forage:Deadline for planting Roundup Ready alfalfa; applying manure in alfalfa; benefits of growing oats; fertilizing grass pastures
March
CornUsing the right IRM program for your Bt seed; glyphosate resistance worldwide and in Nebraska; spring grain drying recommendations
Soil Fertility:Managing urea-based fertilizers for maximum benefit
Forage:Consider planting spring cereals for grazing, hay or silage
February
Soil Fertility:The University revises nitrogen recommendation in light of improved corn prices
Wheat and Alfalfa:Shorter rotations benefit alfalfa yields; brown mid-rib forages; forages for low-water situations
January
Wheat and Alfalfa:Determining damage to wheat and alfalfa from ice; Roundup Ready alfalfa; 2007 winter wheat seedings up from last year