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Nebraska grower Jon Walz was one of 35 producers involved in the Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) evaluating various technologies to improve their nitrogen use efficiency.

With conditions remaining dry this summer, if the grasshopper population in an established field is higher than five hoppers per square yard throughout the field or 15 hoppers per square yard in field margins, insecticides should be considered. Tips for effective control of grasshoppers in alfalfa, prussic acid poisoning from summer annual forages and blue-green algae in livestock water.

Participants will be able to ask the experts about production concerns and receive complimentary identification of their soybean crop issues at this year's Soybean Management Field Days, scheduled for four dates and locations across the state. Participants will be able to ask the experts about production concerns and receive complimentary identification of their soybean crop issues at this free Nebraska Extension event.

Public health has long been a concern for rural America. In Nebraska, 34 counties have no hospitals within their borders, 14 of which don’t even have clinics. The 2019 floods and COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted where Nebraska struggles health-wise. However, this summer, the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the University of Nebraska­–Lincoln’s Rural Fellows program are teaming up to combat this issue. 

Participants can choose from numerous crop production tours to suit their interests in soil health and management of nutrients, crop disease, insects, weeds and irrigation.

CropWatch file photo This year's Forage Field Day will feature numerous sessions geared toward forage growers in Nebraska, including silage production and harvest, nitrogen management, cover crops and alternative forages.

Nebraska's winter wheat production is down 23% from 2021, according to the latest USDA NASS analysis.

Nebraska crop conditions are unchanged from a week ago, with 88% of corn and soybeans in fair to excellent condition.

Estimated crop water use for Nebraska Panhandle crops for the week of July 11.

Several diseases resulting from hail and wind injury have been verified in corn across the state and are likely to worsen under current environmental conditions.

Producers can now estimate the biomass, water use and nitrogen uptake of cereal rye — one of the most common cover crop species in the U.S. — using the new Cover Crop Biomass Calculator. (CropWatch file photo) This new tool estimates cover crop growth with different planting and termination times across the state of Nebraska, to help producers maximum cover crop growth between fall harvest and spring planting.

Craig Chandler/University Communication and Marketing. There are six workshops in July and August for producers interested in learning how to use the new ABC program, a free enterprise-budgeting and decision-making tool to help determine costs of production and projected returns.

Learn how to effectively respond to emotions in family business discussions in order to save time, reduce stress and increase cooperation around business matters in this new webinar.

Figure 1. The Pathfinder Dam spillway overflow when there was an excess of water. The second article in Nebraska Extension educator Gary Stone's six-part series on the North Platte River features history on the Pathfinder, Guernsey and Whalen dams.

Speeding up grazing during periods of precipitation and slowing down during dry times is a great strategy to use while adjusting for weather conditions. Extension educators reflect on the joys of working in ag, and share insights on forage options for dryland and irrigated wheat fields after harvest, and how to adjust grazing during periods of both wet and dry climate.

In a tree-lined neighborhood in northeast Grand Island, Carime Ruvalcaba cares for 10 children in the community’s only English- and Spanish-language daycare.

In 2020, when most daycares were closing due to the pandemic, Ruvalcaba opened Karime Childcare with the help of Sandra Barrera, a Rural Prosperity Nebraska extension educator.

An immigrant from Colombia, Barrera leads the Latino Small Business Program, a Rural Prosperity Nebraska initiative that helps immigrants start businesses across the Cornhusker State.

Due to budgetary constraints, seven weather stations have been closed in 2022, with another nine slated for closure in the coming months. The remaining stations will continue to serve stakeholders in the agricultural industry, observing temperatures, humidity, precipitation, wind and soil conditions, and more.

Out of the 292 hail damage reports throughout June in Nebraska, 52 were assessed as significant due to the hail's size of 2 inches or greater. June 2022 was a tumultuous month for Nebraska, with 16 days of severe weather events and 292 incidents of hail damage.