Cropping Update
It was nice to get some needed precipitation this past week amount varied, but here at the Extension Office we received 2.25” on day and .25” the next. So for the months of September/October were near our long term average of 4.33 for the two months! I’m sure that the rain has slowed harvest for a few days, but not for long and it sure will help settle the dusty conditions we’ve been having. We could also use a little less wind, but I guess that’s Nebraska, if you don’t like it wait around and it will soon change?
I’ve been out and taken out a couple soybean plots as well as the York County RoundUp Ready Soybean Plot. Overall, the irrigated soybean yields in these plots have been good and they’ve averaged from 73 to 78 bushels/acre. I’m double checking all the data, but the York County RoundUp Ready Soybean Plot data should be posted soon to our website at: http://york.unl.edu/web/york/plotresults.
I’ve reminded area producers with ET Gages and Watermark and sensors, that now is a good time to get the equipment out of the fields. Following the recent rains it may be a little easier to get those deeper sensors pulled. Check out our recent CropWatch article at: http://cropwatch.unl.edu/.
Since we’ve had several new producers in our area using this equipment, I’d be interested in how they worked for you this past year. Stop by our office at 2345 Nebraska Avenue, give me a call at 402-326-8185 or email me at gary.zoubek@unl.edu so that we can visit about your experiences this past year.
Speaking of our latest issue of CropWatch it has some great topics this week as well as a great link to grain storage information that was compiled by retired Extension Educator, Tom Dorn. Check it out at: http://cropwatch.unl.edu/grainstorage2.
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