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Cropwatch No. 96-26, Dec. 13, 1996, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Corn, soybean, sorghum crops weigh in with record harvests ..............175

Field drydown doesn't cause dry matter loss.............. 175

Briefs.............. 176

Seed supplies 'good' for '97 ..............177

Northeast Center nitrogen rate research shows little yield difference this year ..............178

Research jury still out on new product - Amisorb ..............179

Research shows little yield benefit, increased harvest loss from narrow row corn ..............179

Use winter to assess, plan, prepare equipment for planting ..............180

1996 CropWatch index ..............181

Ard News December 1996

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:

SEASON'S GREETINGS
REVIEW PROCEDURES FOR NEW AND REVISED REGIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS AND COMMITTEES
CROP DIAGNOSTIC CLINIC WELL-RECEIVED BY AGRIBUSINESS PROFESSIONALS
COMMUNITY GETS INVOLVED IN MANURE MANAGEMENT RESEARCH AT THE ARDC
RECOGNITION OF JUNIOR FACULTY FOR EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH
LAYMAN AWARDS
NEW OR REVISED PROJECTS
INNOVATIVE AND HIGH RISK RESEARCH PROGRAM
PROPOSALS SUBMITTED FOR FEDERAL GRANTS
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS RECEIVED OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, 1996

Nebline, December 1996

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Lancaster County Extension's Web Site on the Internet
Over the garden fence
Keep trees fresh
December garden hints
Cyclamen care
Protect gift plants
Nebraska Soybean Day and Machinery Expo
Agronomy Highlights 1996
Crop Protection Clinic
“Part-time Farming” video
"Returning to the Farm" dates set
Compost marketing
Environmentally friendly holidays
Snow science
Humidity in the home environment affects plants, too
Cybercase of the invisible itches
Bluff Road Landfill rates have increased, but are still low
Where wastes should go
Cut up the world
Biodegradable plastic from corn
earth wellness festival receives grant
1996 Safe Drinking
Water Act: will it affect you? …

Cropwatch No. 96-25, Nov. 8,1996, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

CPMU Dec. 2-4 in Kearney ....................167

Use certified soybean seed to avoid diseases....................167

Get to know the good, the bad, and the bugly ....................168

Grid soil sampling offers challenges, costs; rewards come in more specific information ....................169

Managing price risks, grain marketing ....................171

Getoutyourshovels.................... 171

Lincoln research shows no-till yields best in '96 ....................172

Kearney conferences to address corn production, marketing, and seed issues ....................173

Winter Extension meetings offer opportunities ....................174

Nebline, November 1996

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Holiday food safety
Lancaster County Extension Educator recognized
Over the garden fence
Snow molds
Harvesting and storing winter squash
November garden hints
Winterizing roses
Winter care for strawberry plants
Harvesting popcorn
"Preparing Ag Professionals for Tomorrow's Challenges"
Emergency conservation program
1996 pesticide container recycling program nets over 17,000 containers
Beef Basics Home Study Courses
Precision Decisions '96
Report illegal dumping!
Household hazardous waste collection on November 2
The aluminum age
Wood for your fireplace
Which spider's the biter? You can't tell from looking at the bite!
Bt corn: environmentally friendly pest control
Cleaning closets? What to do with those unwanted …

Cropwatch No. 96-24, Oct. 18, 1996, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Crop updates ............................. 163

Grain storage tips ..................... 163

Trees for windbreaks ................ 163

Managing compaction .............. 164

Fall weed control in alfalfa ...... 165

Battling musk thistle, perennials ............................. 165

White com opportunities .......... 166

Killing established alfalfa ........ 166

Cropwatch No. 96-23, Oct. 4,1996, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Starter phosphorus ................... 157

Soil testing tips ........................ 158

Ag Women meet ...................... 158

Crop update .............................. 158

Harvest scouting ...................... 159

Ag marketing ........................... 159

Grain storage ........................... 160

Bin safety ................................. 160

Ard News October 1996

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

Contents:

Comments from the Associate Director
Fund for Rural America
FY 1997 CSREES Budget
Mussehl Endowment
ESCOP/ACOP Leadership Development Program
Proposals Submitted for Federal Grants
Nebraska Soybean Development, Utilization and Marketing Board
New or Revised Projects

Review Of Planting The Future: Developing An Agriculture That Sustains Land And Community Edited By Elizabeth A. R. Bird, Gordon L. Bultena, And John C. Gardner, Charles A. Francis

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences

Why should you care about agriculture? Planting the Future provides an eloquent description of the current state of this' most basic human endeavor so critical to survival. Based on a series of surveys and on-farm studies in the North Central and Western states, the book recognizes the bounty of our conventional agricultural industry. More importantly for the future, it details a series of critical problems in the environment, the distribution of economic benefits, and the social dislocation resulting from the consolidation of lands and heavy reliance on fossil fuels. Today's productivity and cheap food in the market have hidden expenses …

Nebline, October 1996

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Remember safety during harvest
Fall clean up in the orchard
Over the garden fence
Caring for fuchsia
Fall lawn care
October garden hints
The Herb Garden
Set harvest equipment to reduce damage
Center for Grassland Studies offers seminar series
Precision Decisions '96
"Part-time Farming" video
Termite Control Workshop for Homeowners
Garden residue aids wildlife
"Pest-proof" checklist
Yikes! Jumpin' Jiminy Crickets
How did that get in here?
Protect home from outside cold
Environment-conscious shopping can save money
The coolest way to SQUASH an aluminum soda pop can
Make a ground bird feeder
Worried about youth?
Bone health affected by diet
Family …

Cropwatch No. 96-22, Sept. 20, 1996, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Evapotranspiration data ....... 150

Freeze outlook ...................... 151

Extension resources ............. 151

Turfgrass seed ...................... 152

Harvest safety ....................... 153

Precision farming conference ........................ 154

Cropwatch No. 96-21, Sept. 13, 1996, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Biological control info............144

Weed control after CRP............145

Post-CRP soil fertility............146

Post-CRP management tips............147

Erosion-reducing manure............148

Nebline, September 1996

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Horticulture

Rural $ense

Family Living

4-H & Youth

Environmental Focus

Community & Leadership Development

Extension Calendar

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)

Nebraska Association for Family and Community Education News

and other extension news and events

Cropwatch No. 96-20, Aug. 30, 1996, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Sugar beet diseases ........... 136

Evapotranspiration data ... 136

Grasshopper control ......... 137

Hessian fly/pest controls .. 138

Wheat seed treatments ..... 139

Weather outlook ................ 140

Late season weeds ............ 140

Predicting last irrigation.. 141

Kansas pest update ........... 142

Cropwatch No. 96-19, Aug. 16, 1996, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

ECB update.................132

Evapotranspiration data.................132

Millet for feed.................133

Winter wheat meetings.................133

Herbicide Guide.................133

Restricted entry intervals.................134

Nitrogen use.................134

Cropwatch No. 96-18, Aug. 2, 1996, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Evapotranspiration data ...............126

Pest update...............126

Use care near bees ............... 127

European corn borers...............128

Armyworms in Perkins County...............129

Cercospora in sugar beets...............130

Ard News August 1996

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:

COMMENTS FROM THE ASSOCIATE DEAN
ARDC SUPERFUND UPDATE
WIDAMAN TRUST DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE ASSISTANT AWARD
HARDIN DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP FOR 1996-1997
INNOVATIVE AND HIGH RISK RESEARCH PROGRAM
BURLINGTON NORTHERN ENDOWMENT
NATIONAL RESEARCH INITIATIVE
PROPOSALS SUBMITTED FOR FEDERAL GRANTS
NEW OR REVISED PROJECTS
PROJECTS APPROVED BY THE COMMODITY BOARDS
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS RECEIVED JUNE AND JULY, 1996

Nebline, August 1996

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

I Care For My Animals
The garden fence
August garden hints
An easy way to dry flowers
Harvesting fruits and vegetables
The Herb Garden
Hungry hoards of hoppers, again!
Recycle your pesticide containers at the 1996 Lancaster County Fair!
Special field day and tour on specialty crops
August plantings of alfalfa and grass
Grazing drought-stressed pasture
Bug bites
Cicada killers are common now
Bug zappers—good, bad, electrifying?
Let’s manufacture monster bubbles!
EnviroShorts
Yow! Watch out for yellow jackets!
Watersheds & water quality
New items accepted at recycling sites
Ants are public enemy #1
Nebraska State 4-H Camp NatureLink weekend
Family …

Cropwatch No. 96-17, July 26, 1996, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Crop/pest update ................. 122

Evapotranspiration................. 122

AgrAbility potential ................. 123

Tillage effects on yield................. 124

Cropwatch No. 96-16, July 19, 1996, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

New publications ...................... 116

Rootworm resistance...................... 117

Evapotranspiration data ...................... 118

Western bean cutworm ...................... 119

Nutrients in manure...................... 120

Cropwatch No. 96-15, July 12, 1996, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Crop/pest update....................108

Assessing corn damage....................109

Assessing soybean damage....................110

Weeds in wheat postharvest....................111

Spider mites in corn....................112

Wheat seed outlook....................114

Wipers and bean bars....................114

Nebline, July 1996

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Horticulture

Rural $ense

Family Living

4-H & Youth

Environmental Focus

Community & Leadership Development

Extension Calendar

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)

Nebraska Association for Family and Community Education News

and other extension news and events

Cropwatch No. 96-14, June 28, 1996, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

European corn borers..............102

Nitrogen on damaged corn..............102

Perennial weeds..............102

WPS revised..............103

Surge irrigation tips..............104

Precipitation update..............103

Weed control in set-aside..............104

Rescue treatments..............105

Cropwatch No. 96-13, June 21, 1996, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Crop/pest update...................96

ECB worksheet...................97

Postemergence weed control...................98

County pesticide guides...................98

Bug News...................98

Wheat harvest changes...................99

Combine adjustments...................100

Yellowing corn...................100

Preparing for no-till...................101

Diagnostic Clinic ...................101

Irrigation planning ...................102

Cropwatch No. 96-12, June 14, 1996, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

European corn borer moths arrive........................ 89

Corn rootworm egg hatched detected ........................ 89

Greenbugsin sorghum ........................ 90

Pros and cons of fertilizing hailed corn ........................ 91

Holcus spot likely this year in corn ........................ 92

Tan spot, barley yellow dwarf prevalent in winter wheat ........................ 92

Control weeds in wheat before harvest........................ 93

Wheat shorter, stalks thinner ........................ 93

Determining stand counts necessary for management decisions ................... 94

Concord CRP tour June 18........................ 94

Cropwatch No. 96-11, June 7, 1996, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Seed treatments suspect.....................82

Injured crop care.....................83

Wheat grower options.....................84

Proso millet.....................84

Phosphate concerns.....................85

Soybean herbicides.....................87

Nebraska's corn.....................88

Ard News June 1996

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
COMMENTS FROM THE DEAN
NEW OR REVISED PROJECTS
PROPOSALS SUBMITTED FOR FEDERAL GRANTS
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS RECEIVED APRIL AND MAY, 1996
PUBLICATION AUTHORSHIP
ARD INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH GRANTS PROGRAM
NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR JUNIOR FACULTY EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH AWARD
INNOVATIVE AND HIGH RISK RESEARCH PROGRAM
DAVID BALTENSPERGER AND KYLE HOAGLAND SELECTED FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT COURSE
ARD TO DEVELOP ACCOUNTABILITY DATABASE
ADMINISTRATIVE INTERNSHIP - AN EXCELLENT WAY TO LEARN
FUND FOR RURAL AMERICA
NEWS FLASH!

Nebline, June 1996

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Plugging abandoned wells can save lives and groundwater
1996 Pesticide Container Recycling Program begins in June
The garden fence
A mulch for all seasons
Squelch squash vine borers
Growing indoor trees
Think about apple maggot control now
The Herb Garden
Tips on harvesting lettuce
Be prepared for drought
Weed resistance... going the distance
Rooting out pasture weeds
Wiping out woody weeds
Steps to calibrate your spray equipment
Preventing problems when grazing alfalfa
Horace the Hippo says...
Woodlands make poor pastures
Yard and garden water management
Urban walnut trees--are they valuable?
Protect your family from carbon monoxide
Bat Bites
Lincoln-Lancaster County …

Cropwatch No. 96-10, May 31,1996, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Soybean seed size ..................78

Cutworm alert..................78

Crop update..................78

Stop leafy spurge..................79

Assess weed loss..................79

Stalk borer GDD map..................80

Cropwatch No. 96-9, May 24, 1996, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Winterkill wheat trials ....................68

Wheat update ....................68

Wheat field days ....................69

Sustainable trials ....................69

Hopper numbers up ....................70

Moisture concerns ....................71

Soybean change? ....................71

Coulter carrier drills ....................73

Postemergence control ....................74

Weed tour changed ....................75

Weather update ....................76

Disease name changes ....................76