Despite last week's rains bring substantial improvements to drought across the state, corn and soybean conditions are quite poor for this point in the season, indicating yield losses may be likely regardless of how good the rest of the season is.
Extension experts weigh in on recent hail impacts for Panhandle crops and options producers should take into consideration regarding weed and disease control in damaged crops.
Historical grain stock reports for Nebraska are available at USDA.
Most Nebraska grain stocks were down considerably as of June 1, with wheat leading the deficit at 61% lower than June 2022.
Historical acreage data for Nebraska is available at USDA.
While corn, soybean and dry edible bean planted acreage is down slightly from last year, winter wheat acreage is up 17% in Nebraska.
Historical crop progress data for Nebraska is available at USDA.
Winter wheat harvest was at 3% as of July 2, lagging behind last year's pace by 19%.
Festival and Fair season is here! In the world of Extension, that means that each office is working very hard to prepare for 4-H’s role in county fairs. We are gathering volunteers, getting kids signed up, holding workshops, and we’re all freaking out a little bit . . . or sometimes a lot!
Filing an accurate and timely acreage report for all crops and land uses, including failed acreage and prevented planted acreage, is necessary to participate in many USDA programs.
Producers can access their FSA farm records, maps and common land units through the farmers.gov portal to help expedite the crop acreage reporting process.
Rangeland in Carter Canyon, where the perennial grasses meet the cheatgrass. (Photo by Chabella Guzman)
On June 9, producers and landowners received information on how the fire may still affect their ranges, including recommendations for grazing and cheatgrass control in 2023.
In a new CAP webinar, Lindsay Hastings, UNL Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication, and research director of NHRI Leadership Mentoring, explains the relationship between managing diverse employees and employee engagement, and how they affect professional productivity and profitability.
This webinar discusses the critical importance of family and employee dynamics to well-being and profitability and examines research-based strategies for positively managing diverse talents and perspectives.
Farmers participate in a wheat variety field day at the university’s High Plains Agricultural Lab in Sidney in 2022. (Photo by Chabella Guzman)
Scientists, researchers and Nebraska Extension personnel across all ag-related disciplines within the University of Nebraska continue a rich, successful tradition of collaboration with Nebraska wheat growers to bolster crop productivity and enhance disease resistance.
Loren Giesler, who has led the plant pathology department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln since 2018, has been reappointed to a second term. (IANR News image)
Leading the department since 2018, Giesler has overseen the launch of a stand-alone plant pathology graduate degree program and the continued success of research and extension programs.
Nebraska's total value of agricultural land and buildings rose to approximately $191.8 billion, a significant increase of about $23.8 billion from 2022 to 2023.
The average value of ag land in Nebraska increased for the fourth consecutive year, to $3,385 per acre, with the northeast, east and southeast districts experiencing the largest increases.
The Yield Forecasting Center (YFC) will provide real-time information on corn phenology and forecasts of corn yield potential to aid growers and ag industry in making management, logistics and marketing decisions through the 2023 season.
The crop water use report is updated weekly. Visit PHREC AgLab for more information.
Estimated crop water use for Nebraska Panhandle crops for the week of July 3.
Saturday, July 1, 2023
There has been lots of commentary among consumers about gas prices as we unofficially head into summer. Nationally, regular gasoline prices had begun slowly to come off of their all-time highs of $5.01 per gallon in June 2022, to a new low of $3.09 per gallon in January 2023. Prices have risen steadily over the last several months, to $3.57 per gallon, as of the last week in May 2023. Higher gasoline prices tend to reduce travel as total costs for vacations and trips increase. Ultra-low-sulfur diesel has also come down from its high of $5.78 per gallon in June 2022.
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Saturday, July 1, 2023
With areas across the state either dealing with drought or wet conditions, cow management and limited forage resources may have producers considering options for early weaning and utilizing early pregnancy detection to help make culling and management decisions this year.
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Saturday, July 1, 2023
The use of shades in feedlots has made a big difference in the effects of heat on fat cattle, but a few other strategies can help keep cattle cool, enabling cattle to keep gaining, even in the dog days of summer.
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The 2023 Nebraska Grazing Conference will be held August 8 and 9 at the Younes Conference Center in Kearney, NE. This year’s conference features speakers highlighting Grazing Lands Conservation, Emerging Issues in Grazing Lands, and Precision Livestock Management. The featured banquet speaker for the Conference is Curt Pate.
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The Agricultural Budget Calculator can help producers develop economic and cash enterprise budgets to determine breakeven prices and yields. (Center for Ag Profitability photo)
Center for Ag Profitability Director Larry Van Tassell explains how to calculate breakeven prices and yields, and how the Agricultural Budget Calculator can help speed the process.
Many producers have already contracted a portion of their expected corn harvest and history suggests they will not regret that decision. (Center for Ag Profitability photo)
Center for Ag Profitability experts examine market volatility for corn, wheat, hay and cattle, and add perspective on tools available to manage this risk at this point in the season.