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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.

Figure 1. Animal Feeding Operation near Lubbock, Texas.

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.

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.

Anticipated high residual soil nitrate-N levels in Nebraska rainfed crops of dry 2020 may allow reduced N rates for 2021.

Figure 2. Feeding damage from army cutworm caterpillars on winter wheat near North Platte Nebraska on April 3, 2014. (Photo by Julie Peterson)

Niobrara River near Valentine, Nebraska. (Photo credit: Gary Stone)

The Panhandle Agricultural Research and Technology Tour offers a glimpse into research projects currently being conducted at the Panhandle Research, Extension and Education Center as a virtual field day.