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BY UNL | April 19, 2021
NE Extension Webinar: Thursday, April 22, noon CDT
With: Cody Creech, Dryland Systems Cropping Specialist, Nebraska Extension; Dave Petersen, Area Claims Manager, Rural Community Insurance Services; and Cory Walters, Associate Professor and Grain Economist, UNL Agricultural Economics.
Wheat is just emerging from dormancy and growers are getting their first look at how the crop faired through the winter months. Wheat fields planted behind fallow emerged in the fall and have established well. Depleted soil water and dry conditions has slowed wheat emergence in fields that have been continuously cropped.
Nebraska Extension
LINCOLN, Neb. As the new year begins, all is quiet at the research plots at the High Plains Agricultural Lab 6 miles northwest of Sidney, Neb. Winter wheat fields are dormant, and other fields await the spring planting season.
But inside, scientists and support staff are analyzing data, planning for 2021 and doing other tasks to carry out research aimed at helping crop and livestock producers in this semi-arid region be more efficient, sustainable and profitable.
The High Plains Ag Lab is operated by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, under the supervision of the Panhandle Research and Extension Center at Scottsbluff, 75 miles to the northwest.