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Cropping & Water Systems

The latest agricultural land management and leasing considerations for 2024 will be covered during two virtual landlord/tenant cash rent workshops hosted March 27 and 28. The March 27 date is geared toward Central and Western Nebraska and March 28 is geared toward Eastern Nebraska. The content in both sessions will essentially be the same, with examples possibly varying depending on the part of the state.

The Nemaha County Ag Line Newsletter is written by Nemaha County Extension Educator, Ritika Lamichhane.  Her program area is Water & Cropping Systems.

Check out the Nemaha County Agricultural Resources webpage for more information.  Besides newsletters & articles written by Nemaha County Extension Educator, Gary Lesoing, you can find farmer's tax information, Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market Highlights, Nebraska trends in farmland values, rental rates and custom rates.  You can also find information on pesticide certification, seed guides, grain storage management and more.

We are soon transitioning to an electronic Ag Line Newsletter.  If you want to keep receiving our newsletter, please let us know by calling 402-274-4755 or emailing nemaha-county@unl.edu or scan the QR code below.

In the past year, Nebraska Extension has hired seven Water & Cropping Systems Extension Educators across the state. One of the most impactful roles for a Water & Cropping Systems Educator is to work with growers in their areas to conduct on-farm research. As a result of these new hires, there are great opportunities for farmers to engage with new Educators and grow the on-farm research base in many areas across the state where Educator positions have been vacant for several years.

In 2023, the soybean gall midge was reported in eight new counties—two in Kansas and six in Iowa, bringing the total documented counties in the United States to 164. This "field edge pest" was initially observed in Nebraska in 2011, and it was formally identified as a new soybean pest in 2019.