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Mobile Ag Apps from UNL
This week I saw an article from agriculture.com that had ranked UNL’s Market Journal app as the Number 1 agriculture app! I’ve also felt it was the best ag app from UNL providing markets, each week’s...
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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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County Fair Time!
This year marked my 10th Clay County Fair. It was bitter-sweet in a way as I have watched this group of youth from their pre-4-H years through graduation this year. It’s neat seeing the young men and...
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Remembering Our Fallen
Every time the Remembering Our Fallen Memorial was mentioned, I would get goose bumps. Every time I would mention it was coming to our Clay County Fair, my eyes would moisten. Our Extension Office...
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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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Reflections: After the Storm
It’s been an interesting few weeks. Last week I was continuing to receive calls about considerations for drought damaged corn. Then southern rust arrived in the area earlier last week. Followed by...
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Storm Damage Update #1-Soybeans
It’s been five days and soybean fields that were the greatest affected by the storm are now near-brown. Planting some type of cover crop in these fields can allow for grazing opportunities as well as...
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