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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN EXTENSION IN
SALINE COUNTY

Institute of Agriculture and
Natural Resources

306 West 3rd Street
P. O. Box 978
Wilber, NE 68465
Phone: (402) 821-2151
Fax: (402) 821-3398
E-Mail: saline-county@unl.edu

News Columns Written By Randy Pryor, Extension Educator

BEEF	PESTS	LAW AND GOVERNMENT
SWINE	WILDLIFE	COMPUTER
CROPS	FARM MANAGEMENT/ ECONOMICS	MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS
HORTICULTURE	NATURAL RESOURCES

	BEEF Match Hay Harvest To Livestock Nutrient Needs Grazing Overgrown Reed Canary Fescue Grass For Grazing Has Changed Don't Let Nitrates Kill Your Cattle Where's The Beef Distillers Grain Silage Use It, Don't Lose It! Stretching Forage Resources Low Rainfall Means Limited Grazing First Calving Heifers Calving Season Tips Cow Pie Science Making Better Hay Use A Fly Control Strategry For Cattle June 1 Tour To Highlight Irrigated Grazing Livestock Production Benefits Us All Plant Small Grains For Early Spring Pasture Baling Stalks For Winter Feed Livestock And Human Tips For The Dog Days Western Meeting Update Early Weaning Calf Tips Kura Clover For Pasture Tanks Vs Ponds For Livestock Water Test Corn Stalk Bales NU Research Reveals More Understanding Of Dangerous E.Coli Take Advantage Of Drought Damaged Pastures Soybean Stubble For Cows Baling Corn Or Milo Stalks For Winter Feed Ammoniate Wheat Straw For Extra Feed In Need Of Quick Spring Pasture? Feeding Moldy Hay Step Up Nutrition At Calving Creeping Alfalfas - The Real Story *Top of Page*
	SWINE Distillers Grain Options For Hog Producers Berks Are Back The Nebraska Model Super Pigs The Pork Checkoff *Top of Page*
	CROPS Adding Grass To Thinning Alfalfa Wheat Variety Trial Data Should Corn Be Treated? Try Planting Rice Wrapping Hay To Beat The Weather New Alfalfa Varieties With Insect Resistance Sorghum Seminar At Saline Center New Biotech Yield Endorsement New Irrigation Scheduling Technology Effect Of Freezes On Forage Target Fields To Add Lime This Fall Soybean Update Wheat Variety Trial Results Tips For Planting Forages Following Wheat Think Ahead When Storing Wheat Field Crops Update Convert An Old Alfalfa Stand Sainfoin Could Be Wrong Choice Use CropWatch Sorghum Seminar At Saline Center New Opportunity For Crop Producers Local Sorghum And Corn Tests Glyphosate Resistance Is Here Considerations For Fall Fertilizer Applications Bring In Soybean Cyst Samples Wheat Mosaic Soybean Field Day Highlights New Research Wheat Update Timing Of Weed Control Is Important Summer Field Days Treating Wheat Scout Fields Early To Prevent Weeds, Insect Damage New No-Till Information Exchange Roundup Ready Gene and Manganese New N Calculator Can Maximize Profitability St. Louis No-Till Trip Update Spring Seeding Guides Nitrogen Needs For Corn Producer Challenges For 2006 Hybrid Choices For 2006 New Soybean Treatment Available A Smutty Situation Irrigating Soybeans Area Wheat Growers Experience New Disease Free Soybean Cyst Nematode Sample Bags Available New Soybean Rust Hotline And Website The Right Corn Kernel Traits Soybean Rust Arrives In The United States Seed Selection More Complex The Summer Crop 2004 Soybean Management Field Days Developing Wheat Varieties Requires Patience Soybean Seeding Rate Tips Avoid Over Planting Small Soybean Seeds Planter Calibration Pays Spraying Technology Update Sorghum "Two-Fers" In 2004 Continuous No-Till Pays Off Address Soil Needs After Harvest For Alfalfa Use Variety Trial Data To Improve Selections Get The Most From Uneven, Drought-Damaged Crops Winter Wheat 2004 Cash Incentive To Idle Wheat Stubble Crop Disaster Payment Details New Technology Continues With Yieldgard Rootworm Corn Starter Fertilizer Superior In Sorghum Trials Handling Residue With Planting Equipment Crop Clinic Planned Ward Off The "Super Bug" (European Corn Borer) Harvest Results Soil Testing Time South Dakota Trip An Eye Opener (No-Till Tour) Check For Greenbug In Sorghum Reducing Drift How Early Can Alfalfa Be Cut Starlink Update Soybean Seed Quality Means Changes Treated Soybeans Good Idea Tillage Trial Favors No-Till Worm Power Companion Crops When Planting Alfalfa Controlling Winter Annuals In No-Till Corn *Top of Page*
	HORTICULTURE Make Every Drop Count On Your Yard Control Bagworms In June Toxic Yews My Best Pruning Tips Winter Burn And Winter Drying Common Injury To Trees One Bad Apple Spoils The Barrel Check For Bagworms Remove Diseased Scotch Pine Caring For Landscape Trees Check Your Windbreak Saline County Vineyards Showcased New Cure For Pine Tree Disease County Fair Yard And Garden Show Renovate Or Build New Windbreaks Pruning Storm Damaged Trees Mites Can Injure Spruce Trees Destroy Dead Pine Trees By May 1 Lime Can Be Good Or Bad Plant Evergreens In Your Landscape Take Advantage Of Fall Tree Prices The Latest Backyard Craze - Water Gardening Pest Plays Havoc In Cedar Windbreaks Mushrooms Numerous In Area Home Lawns Avoid Excessive Nitrogen On Home Lawns April Yard And Garden Tips Harvesting Guide For Fruits And Vegetables Fatal Disease In Pine Horticulture Tip (Grub Control) Turf Science Easter Lily Tips Diplodia Tip Blight Of Pines Bermuda Grass Is Not The Answer Starting Spring Gardens We Are Ripe For More Wine Industry *Top of Page*
	PESTS Managing Potato Leafhoppers In Alfalfa Slow Down The Fall Migration Spiders Be Gone Managing Soybean Aphids Bagworm Damage Increasing Summertime Antlion Safari Check Soybeans Beginning In July Check Alfalfa Fields Now Check Now For Army Cutworm Jumpin' Jiminy Crickets Hoppers Make Their Mark It's Time To Control Hoppers Millipedes A Buggy Year Millers/Moths Make Their Mark Kitchen Pests Can Be Grounded *Top of Page*
	WILDLIFE Battling The Woodchuck Tips Everyone Should Know About Rabies New Threat To Area Dogs Keep Roosting Birds From Dirtying Cars And Driveways This Fall It's A Snake! Skunks Like To Dine In Your Yard Feeding Songbirds 101 Deer Be Gone Whistle Pigs Make Their Mark (Woodchucks) Going Batty It's A Snake *Top of Page*
	FARM MANAGEMENT/ECONOMICS New FSA Program For Farm Disaster Assistance Farming The Wind Farm Safety Reminders New Program For Haying/Grazing Of CRP Wheat Plot Tour Date Set ET Gage/Watermark Sensor Update How To Certify Hay Or Straw Test Rural Drinking Water This Spring New Spray Technology Wilber Crop Clinic Update Census Of Agriculture Helps Local Communities National Alfalfa Symposium In February Farmers Pool Resources For New Sprayer Technology Biofilter To Treat Odorous Air 2007 Carbon Payment Update Ethanol - Boom Or Bust 2007 Solution Days Notes Crop-Share Lease Updates Agriculture's Product Pipeline Continues Plot Days Planned Corn Production Will Increasingly Go To Ethanol ET Gages For Irrigation Management Irrigation Management Providing Water To Pastured Livestock Critical Conduct A Pre-Season Checkup For Maximum Irrigation Performance WDGS Strategies Emerging Carbon Update Golden Triangle Report National No-Tillage Conference Report Farm Management Tools Seminar New Opportunities For Crop Producers National No-Tillage Conference Trip Sign-Up UNL Leading The Way With Fertility Research New Carbon Payment Aggregator Odor Footprints? 2007 Farm Bill Survey Results Producer Grants Available Nebraska Ethanol On The Move Receive Cash For Empty Harvestores Carbon Forms Deadline New Carbon Offset Payment Program Area Landowners To Negotiate Oil Pipeline Easements Livestock Production In Saline County Milligan 10-20 Workshop For Crop Producers New Pumping Plant Energy Evaluation Software 10-20 Program in Milligan Energy Savings Grants Available Drive With French Fry Oil Power New Carbon Pool Opens Up St. Louis Or Bust Ethanol Plant Tour Fall Grain Storage Tips CSP Appeals Carbon Update Help For Young Farmers CSP Sign-Up Ends Friday, May 27th Impressive Conservation Efforts Biodiesel Technology Improves CSP Program Update Stretching That Nitrogen Dollar CSP Sign Up Is Here Crop Insurance Covers Soybean Rust Losses New Carbon Offset Payment Program On The Road Again Corn-Soybean Profitability Meetings Do You C What I C Organic Foods Increase Cost Offered For Fertilizer Controllers 2005 No-Till On The Plains Winter Conference New Fertilizer Additive Is Pink CSP Program Watch Switching To No-Till Can Save Irrigation Water Net Wrap Vs Twine Use Combine Yield Maps Challenges Arise When Passing Down The Family Farm New USDA Program In 2004 Farm Families Can Be Strong Role Models To Retain Or Not To Retain New Tool For Swine And Cattle Producers Employee Notification Form - Important Farm Liability Issue Nebraska Soybean Management Field Day August 13th Adjusting Pasture Leases For Drought Big Farm Program Rule Change State Government And Farmers Face Cuts Farm Food Price Frustration And Taxes Comparing Irrigation Energy Costs Realities And Trends In Agriculture Nebraska's FarmASyst Fertilizer Costs Skyrocket Senate Farm Bill Offers Change December Farm Lease Meetings *Top of Page*
	NATURAL RESOURCES New Technologies To Conserve Water Nebraska Water Is Our Lifeblood Uranium In Water Supplies Close Illegal Wells It's All About Water Saline County To Receive Grant For Swan Lake Swan 5A Lake Receives Report Card NRD Is Surveying Turkey Creek Area 100 Percent Funding Available (Abandoned Wells) Money Available Until February 16th (EQIP Dollars) New Abandoned Well Closure Program Abandoned Well Project List Growing *Top of Page*
	LAW AND GOVERNMENT Safe Food Supply Conservation Security Program Rules Change Ag Chemical Update Home Wastewater Rules Change Extension To Help With CNMP Plans Conversations On COOL Are Heating Up EPA Changes 30 Year Old Livestock Regulations Ag Census Provides Ag Trends Livestock Price Discrimination Wells Must Be Registered Nebraska Lead Group XXI (Agriculture Leadership Program) *Top of Page*
	COMPUTER New Internet Options For Saline County Farm Residences Farming With Computers Bit Mobile Computer Workshop Worm Got Your Windows Saline County Rural Internet Service Improves Wireless Internet Speeds Improve Computer E-Mail Listing Safeguards To Protect Your Computer New UNL Website (Marketing Information) Nest Box Cam On The Web Husker Hire Link Wireless Internet *Top of Page*
	MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS Lawn Sprinklers Do Have A Shutoff Lock Up Pesticides, Prevent Poisonings Discover Washington Trip A Success Graduations, A Time To Celebrate The Transition To Digital TV Get Your Unclaimed Property Comprehensive Agricultural Health Study Results El Nino To La Nina Weather Events Farmers Helping Farmers Nebraska Youth Beef Leadership Symposium Know What Causes Farmer's Lung The Nebraska Rain Network Fair Time Wrap-Up Tall Corn, Dangerous Rural Intersections Recycle Ag Pesticide Containers Yard And Garden Show Is Back Spring Cleanup Collection Pesticide Applicator Certification Program Germer Open House Saline County Fair Saline County Market Journal Feature Recycle Pesticide Containers Farm Accidents On The Rise Musk Thistle, The Old Nemesis Take Advantage Of Free Waste Pesticide Collection The Power Of Red County Fair And Kids D.C. Trip A Memorable One Weed Control Could Get Tougher Take Advantage Of Free Waste Pesticide Collection Learn By Attending Meetings Tips For Buying Firewood Bubble Year For Applicator Certification Many Myths And Facts Surround Christmas Trees Proud Of The University Of Nebraska Prepare Bins Now Sense Of Community At CASNR Prevent Septic Problems Nebraska State Fair Funding Vote This Fall Toxic Blue-Green Algae Help Is Available For Tree Plans Tornado Brings Opportunity D.C. Trip Is An Eye Opener Free Saline County Waste Collection May 8, 2004 New Look In Weather Forecasts Winter Is Producer Meeting Time Compost Can Increase Yields West Nile Cases On Increase Saline County Scrap Tire Collection Vaccinate Horses Early For West Nile Free Compost Available Washington D.C. Trip Leaves Memories Tourism Can Help Communities Saline County Update On Recycling Waste Disposal Program Will Include PCB'S Saline County Waste Oil Collections Applicator Certification Meetings (Pesticide And Chemigation) Local Corn Growers Are #1 Saline County Famine Relief West Nile Virus *Top of Page*

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