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September 20, 2018
Fire Safety At Harvest
Harvest is always a busy time of year. A few local farmers had just started harvest, but after things dry out after the recent rains, I anticipate harvest will shift into high gear. Crops are maturing rapidly and if we don’t have a lot of weather delays, we should have a very early harvest this year. However, we can’t let the rush to get crops harvested come before safety.
September 13, 2018
SCN... Looking Back, Looking Ahead
I recently saw an article from my good friend, Greg Tylka, a nematologist at Iowa State University. He has been a great source of information for me over the years as I’ve worked with soybean cyst nematodes, the most destructive pest for soybean growers in Nebraska and across the U.S. So I need to give him credit for about half of this information as I’m taking some of his concepts and writing, adapting them for Nebraska, and adding my own experiences and perspective to the mix.
September 6, 2018
Avoid Compaction at Harvest
Harvest is one of my favorite times of year. Watching fields being harvested takes me back to my days of growing up on a farm in the Platte River Valley. One big difference is our soils were sandier than most soils in northeast Nebraska and susceptible, but less prone to compaction.
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Coming Soon – MFP!
I was just visiting with staff at our local Farm Service Agency office and it seems that the MFP, or Market Facilitation Program, has been generating a lot of questions. If you are not familiar with it, this program provides direct payments to help producers of certain agricultural commodities that have been directly impacted by illegal retaliatory tariffs, resulting in the loss of traditional exports.
August 30, 2018
Fall Lawn Care
September is an excellent time to get your bluegrass and tall fescue lawns back in good condition after the stressful summer months. There are a lot of lawns with areas of dead or dying grass from disease problems this summer. Some of those will fill in as temperatures cool in September, but if they don't, overseed thin areas no later than mid-September to give new grass a chance to germinate and get established this fall.
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Husker Harvest Days: University exhibits to focus on managing change, challenge
Aug 29 – Husker Harvest Days exhibits from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln will help show farm and ranch families how to manage change and challenges in their operations. Read more