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Tag: Roger Elmore
Nebraska: Glyphosate-Resistant Marestail – Fall Management Options Oct 22, 2019
Abundant rain the last couple of months in much of eastern Nebraska has promoted the relatively early emergence of winter annual weeds, particularly marestail. Marestail, also known as horseweed in […]
Nebraska Corn: Replanting – 3 Items to Consider Before Jumping In May 14, 2019
According to the USDA-NASS report, 35% of Nebraska’s corn had been planted as of May 5, similar to 38% last year but behind the five-year average of 47%. Emergence was […]
Nebraska: Delayed Corn Planting – Time To Switch Maturities? May 14, 2019
It’s been a wet week for much of Nebraska, further delaying planting and causing growers to consider whether they should move from a full-season corn hybrid to a short-season. The […]
Nebraska: 4 Corn, Soybean Planting Considerations Apr 30, 2019
Everything we do at planting sets the stage for the rest of the year. We’re blessed to have equipment that can allow for many acres to be planted in a […]
Nebraska Corn: Does Early Planting Always Mean Max Yield? Apr 30, 2019
Does the “early bird” always get the worm? We wonder if this old adage holds for corn planting dates too. Does planting early always result in maximum corn yields? We […]
Nebraska: Corn Planting and Early Growth Stages – Podcast Feb 26, 2019
Corn hybrid selection, seedbed preparation, and seeding rate and date are keys to achieving the top-producing, uniform corn stands you look forward to seeing at emergence each spring. On the […]
Corn Hybrids – What’s the Difference in 1960s Choices and Now? Feb 6, 2019
You’d think that 70 plus years after our predecessors had a basic understanding of corn development we’d understand it completely. Not true! For example, we know that hybrid productivity has increased […]
Nebraska Spring Cover Crop: How Planting Date, Varieties Affect Growth May 8, 2018
Importance of Planting Date Reduced spring growth resulting from delayed planting of small grain cover crops has been widespread throughout the western Corn Belt. The composite photograph (Figure 1) shows […]
Nebraska: Estimating Potential Corn Yields Aug 28, 2017
What will corn yields be like for the 2017 harvest? The biggest unknown now is seed weight. All the other yield components are set — plants per acre, ears per plant, […]
