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Checklist for Winterizing Your Center Pivot

By: Troy Ingram - Extension Educator on 10-29-2018

Irrigation season has wrapped up here in Nebraska.  Now is a good time to evaluate you center pivot to make sure it is ready for winter and for another growing season.  Here is a quick list of things to look at before winter sets in. 

-  Flushing the system

If you have water quality issues or if your well is pumping some sand Clean out the sand trap

-  Drain water from all pipe above ground

-  Panel boxes

Check for loose or damaged connections Seal up openings to avoid rodent damage

-  Structure

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Cover Crop Grazing Tour

This program will include information on incorporating cover crops into your operation to improve soil health & grazing opportunities.

 

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Effects of a Freeze on Forages

Bruce Anderson, Nebraska Extension Forage Specialist

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Getting the Right Silage Moisture

 With all the rain we have seen this summer, it seems like water has been in just about every conversation.  “How much rain did you get in that last storm?  Did you see the flooding up north?  We had enough rain that the basement has started to flood.”  With summer moving quickly towards fall, another type of moisture might be on some folk’s mind, “Is my corn the right moisture for silage?”

 

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Snow-on-the-Mountain and Cucumbers

If you’ve driven around the countryside the past few weeks you may have noticed the green of many pastures broken up by bright white patches.  The plant that is catching your eye is probably a species that is common across the area, but has really exploded in grazed areas this year, snow-on-the-mountain.  Snow-on-the-mountain is actually a native plant, first noted on the Lewis and Clark Expedition by William Clark while in Montana. 

 

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*NEW* Dicamba Label-Required Training

With the release of dicamba-tolerant soybeans, there was a vast increase in sensitive crop damage throughout the country in 2017. This online training program is designed to fulfill the label requirements for three new RUP dicamba products: Xtendimax, Engenia, and Fexapan. It is illegal to apply these products without first having taken state-authorized training. There is no cost to this training. 

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