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USDA/Flickr Nebraska agricultural economists review the factors driving nonirrigated cropland values in 2021 and discuss their outlook for farm real estate values in 2022.

Jenny Rees, York/Seward water and integrated cropping systems extension educator, takes samples from a corn field for her research. Jenny Rees has been a Nebraska Extension educator since 2004, but working for extension wasn't always a part of her plan. Find out how she discovered her ag career path and what it means to her today.

Dry Bean Breeding Specialist Carlos Urrea and his crew worked both outside and indoors to carry out variety trials in 2021. (Left photo) Barbara Pieper (foreground), Aymslee Mathis and Karrisa Neal, summer interns, at work in the greenhouse scouting and clipping young bean plants. (Right photo) Urrea checks variety plots at the Mitchell Ag Lab in mid-summer 2021.

(Clockwise, from top left) Bijesh Maharjan, Laila Puntel, Humberto Blanco, Javed Iqbal, Rhae Drijber, Michael Kaiser, Aaron Hird, Nathan Mueller and Katie Pekarek will present at 2022 Soils School. This two-day course, which focuses on the basic principles of soils, water and nutrient management, will highlight the latest information and research findings on soil chemistry and microbiology, manure nutrient management, nitrogen, phosphorus and more.

Brad Schick shares key strategies for preventing hay loss, and Ben Beckman discusses the importance of conducting a year-end analysis of your operation.

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Justin McMechan's update on the latest research regarding soybean gall midge is one of many Soybean Management Field Days presentations now available for growers to view online. Growers can now view all 17 presentations featured this summer at Soybean Management Field Days, which covered a wide variety of topics related to soybean production.

With evolving tax laws and ever-increasing complexity, it’s more important than ever to find the right tax advisor that understands the special rules to apply to farmers and ranchers to help these businesses stay in compliance and minimize tax obligations.

Nebraska Extension Educator Ben Beckman breaks down Relative Feed Value and Relative Forage Quality and how to use these values to estimate feed quality, and Todd Whitney discusses whether fertilizer investments are cost-effective right now.

This week, we talk with Dr. Tamra Jackson-Ziems about seed treatments to help control disease in the next growing season, and Michael Sindelar and Robert Wright discuss insecticide seed treatment options and longevity.