Although insect pest problems have been relatively minor this year, farmers should stay vigilant and continue to scout corn and soybean.

Should you consider double-cropping soybeans after wheat this year? If soil moisture is adequate and wheat harvest is timely, planting soybeans can be an option for adding profit.

Hail storms with up to baseball-sized hail hit corn and soybean fields across portions of central and eastern Nebraska on Tuesday afternoon and evening, June 3.

In late January the Nebraska Wheat Board reported declining winter wheat conditions in western and southwestern Nebraska, leading some producers to ask about the potential for reseeding winter wheat. Can areas be seeded or reseeded with winter wheat when field conditions permit? What would be the yield potential?

University of Nebraska-Lincoln greenhouse studies have confirmed a Palmer amaranth population resistant to postemergence application of atrazine and HPPD-inhibiting herbicides (Callisto, Laudis, Armezon/Impact). This is the second report (after Kansas) of a Palmer amaranth population resistant to atrazine and the HPPD group of herbicides.

It was the one thing that was on the mind of most everyone at the 2013 annual outlook conference of the U.S. Agriculture Department.