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Figure 1. Aphid mummies in south central Nebraska alfalfa field. (Photo by Andrew Cantrell)

This week, Extension Plant Pathologist Tamra Jackson-Ziems shares information on a new soybean foliar fungicide survey and its importance for Nebraska farmers.

Hosted by Samantha Teten and Jackson Stansell — graduate students in UNL's Department of Biological Systems Engineering and Nebraska Extension Digital Agriculture team members — FarmBits Podcast is a weekly series highlighting new innovations and trends in digital agriculture through interviews with academic experts, farmers and industry specialists.

Cody Creech, UNL Dryland Cropping Systems specialist, and Amanda Easterly, assistant professor for Research based at High Plains Ag Lab, view some of the winter wheat variety plots at HPAL.

Control of summer annual grasses in pasture or hay fields can be difficult, but with the right planning, it shouldn’t be impossible.

Declining rural populations have been making the news for decades. There is little doubt that the trend line of the most rural counties across the country has been down (2020, Cromartie).  Nearly 35 percent of the rural counties within the United States have experienced prolonged and significant population loss (Johnson & Lichter, 2019). 

Corn (left) and soybean (right) planted green into no-till fields of cereal rye in 2020. The grower who planted corn felt the rye better held residue in place from blowing back over the planted rows, giving him more even emergence. The grower who planted beans was very pleased with the overall weed suppression in this field. (Photos by Jenny Rees)

Figure 1. A fall seeded cover crop such as cereal rye can be a great tool for preventing the emergence of horseweed and other winter annual weed species, as well as suppressing early-season waterhemp emergence.

Nebraska farmers working with the Nebraska On-Farm Research Network evaluated ability of nitrification inhibitors to protect N fertilizer, increase yield and profit.

To prevent tetany problems this spring, wait until grass in pastures has grown to at least 6 inches high before grazing, and provide legumes to balance mineral intake.

Figure 1. Seed corn maggots. (Photo by Jim Kalisch)

These LibertyLink® soybeans show signs of damage after dicamba (XtendiMax®) was applied to a research field during a 2018 project.

Jerry Hatfield, former director of the National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment, presented information about the importance of cover crops to soil health during the annual Nebraska Cover Crop and Soil Health Conference. This year's conference featured seminars on soiling sensing, using aerial imagery to analyze cover crop impacts, optimizing cover crop investments and more.