Green chop feeding offers pasture use advantages and limits
University of Nebraska crop, livestock specialists detail that machine harvested green chop can supplement or replace grazing in a dry lot. Benefits include higher forage utilization, reduced trampling, and potential to eliminate fencing with balanced daily intake. Drawbacks cover higher capital needs, labor, and equipment costs, plus sanitation and field wetness challenges. They caution it may not suit small herds and emphasize better grazing practices can yield greater income. Copies of the latest Productive Pastures publication are available at county extension offices.
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Stubble mulch tillage protects soil in Great Plains
The article advocates stubble mulch tillage to curb wind erosion and conserve moisture in fallow Great Plains fields. It explains how leaving residues on the surface reduces infiltration loss, minimizes runoff, and supports soil structure, with broader notes on crop yields and regional agriculture. It also surveys historical grasshopper threats and control measures across the plains.
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Great Plains
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Certification bids due on sorghums in Nebraska
Applications for certification of hybrid and variety sorghums are due by July 10 in the Nebraska Crop Improvement Association office in Lincoln. Dean Lancaster urged growers to ensure isolation of fields, with 40 rods from other grain sorghum, 60 from forage sorghums, and 80 from sudan grass. Fields must be checked at heading to remove off-types.
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Dean Lancaster
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High Drying Heat May Affect Wheat
Agricultural study finds 160 degrees as the maximum safe air temperature for drying wheat. Excessively high temperatures in crop dryers may reduce milling quality and impact grain value.
Corn Borers Called Dangerous Pests in Nebras ka
University of Nebraska insect specialist Robert E Roselle warns the first corn borer brood this year may be the largest since invasion. Eastern and central Nebraska fields 40 to 50 inches tall show 55 to 100 percent infestation with borers feeding on leaves before boring into stalks. Detection relies on leaf feeding signs and pinhead holes. Early tall corn should be treated with recommended insecticide when 50 to
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Nebraska
University of Nebraska
Robert E. Roselle
University Extension
Early treatment urged for corn borers in Nebraska fields
About 75 percent of plants show feeding signs, with Roselle emphasizing. To be effective, apply treatment as soon as 50 percent or more corn plants show borers feeding. Later applications may yield insufficient control, especially in eastern Nebraska where borers develop earlier than in the west.
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Nebraska
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