Agriculture

By Brandy VanDeWalle

REMINDERS FOR FARMERS

For those you receive the electronic Farm Service newsletter, the information below is just a reminder to:

• CERTIFY YOUR PLANTED ACRES: If you do not have a certification appointment, call and get it scheduled. The deadline to complete 2017 acreage reporting is July 17.

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Lincoln, NE—The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is part of a $6.6 million research initiative to promote soil health through the development and adoption of new cover crops across the United States. The initiative was launched March 22 by the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research and The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, which is the lead institution.

The initiative, made possible by a $2.2 million grant from FFAR, will bring together representatives from the seed industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service and Natural Resources Conservation Service, a producer network and multiple landgrant universities,including Nebraska.

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Because of the presence of stripe rust and leaf rust in the state, as well as increasing incidence and severity of Septoria leaf blotch and tan spot, growers are encouraged to be vigilant in scouting their fields.

A survey of wheat fields May 4-5, in southwest, south central, and southeast Nebraska, found low levels of disease with most fields showing a lush green growth. Leaf rust was found in a few fields at trace levels. Stripe rust was found in the majority of fields visited. It was mostly at trace levels, but occasionally, moderate to high severity was found on the lower leaves.

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Lincoln, NE—Nebraska Extension and the Department of Entomology at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln are offering a “BugMasters” volunteer program training for adults interested in learning more about insects. BugMasters will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on July 12-13 at the Nebraska East Union on East Campus.

This two-day training camp will cover topics such as insect basics, pollinators, pests and how to teach insect programs. After the training, participants will be prepared to conduct outreach programs in collaboration with the university for various audiences as part of one or more teams: educating youth through outreach, protecting pollinators, Emerald Ash Borer education and bed bug mythbusters.

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The mountainous beauty at Provo, UT, inspired an agricultural trio from Nebraska in a unique test of their collegiate training.

Three students from the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis ranked 16th of 57 college teams, which competed in the 2017 National Landscape Collegiate Plant Installation last Friday.

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