Central/Southern Great Plains

Beneficial anthropods

Beneficial arthropods in the Cotton Belt: Predators

April 24, 2022

beneficial anthropods

Beneficial arthropods of the Corn Belt and Great Plains

February 15, 2022

Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Chafer Machinery.

Critical time of palmer amaranth removal in soybean affected by residual herbicides

January 11, 2022

Opposite page: Plants with insufficient chloride show chlorotic and necrotic spotting along leaves with abrupt boundaries between dead and live tissue. Leaves wilting at margins and highly branched root systems are also typical chloride deficient symptoms, found mainly in cereal crops (Mengel & Kirkby, 2001). Chloride deficiencies are highly cultivar-specific and can be easily mistaken for leaf diseases.

Chloride deficiency and toxicity can be a real problem

December 27, 2021

Bagged forage sample (left) and mature forage sorghum (right). Photos courtesy of Fred Vocasek.

Researchers question science, testing methods for prussic acid (HCN) in forages

November 8, 2021

Sampling an irrigation well. Photo by Daryl Anderson, Lower Platte North Natural Resources District.

Nebraska irrigation well survey: Nutrient supply and liming effects

August 4, 2021

Photo by Bruce Dupree/Alabama Extension.

Economic impact of prohexadione calcium for managing vine growth in runner market-type peanut

July 6, 2021

Commercial alfalfa harvest.

Use of NPK liquids in managing irrigated alfalfa cropping systems

November 5, 2020

A juvenile root-knot nematode penetrates a tomato root. Once inside, the juvenile, which also attacks cotton roots, causes a gall to form and robs the plant of nutrients. Photo by William Wergin and Richard Sayre. Colorized by Stephen Ausmus. Source: USDA.

Nematode management in the south

November 4, 2020

Testing Ag Performance Solutions, or TAPS, is an interactive, real-life farm management competition at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Source: UNL TAPS.

Farm management competition provides impact for researchers, producers, and industry partners

July 1, 2020

New Event: Regional Agriculture and Applied Science