It's that wonderful time of the year again: fall! As you embellish your homes with pumpkins and various seasonal decorations, it's also the perfect time to consider inspecting your fields for soybean cyst nematodes (SCN). SCN first emerged in Nebraska in 1986 and has since been detected in 59 counties across the state, including all counties in Southeast Nebraska.
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Winter wheat variety selection is one of the first key management decisions that you make each year as a wheat farmer in southeast Nebraska. The three-year average yield difference in currently planted varieties evaluated at the University of Nebraska Jefferson County trial is 12 bushels per acre. I consider southeast Nebraska to include the 22 counties south of Highway 30 and east of Highway 14. In 2022, there was nearly 40,000 acres of wheat in southeast Nebraska. Given the limited wheat acres in each farm operation and my experience indicates that most wheat farmers only plant one or two varieties each season. Therefore, how do you select the best variety for your farm?
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