“What Else Can We Grow?” Julie Stahly Thinks the Answer Could Help Southwest Nebraska
As rising input costs and falling commodity prices challenge producers across southwest Nebraska, Julie Stahly keeps searching for better answers, convinced the next experiment may uncover something that could also help other producers.
Late season rain rescues corn in south central Nebraska
About 3.5 inches of rain came at a critical time for crops in south central Nebraska. The late July soakers relieved stress on the corn crop, potentially reversing some major yield loss.
“We were looking at some pretty significant tip back on dryland,” Milligan farmer Jordan Uldrich said, estimating that drought stress would prevent 25-40% of kernels from filling.
The Field That Changed Everything - a conversation with Tom Hoegemeyer
As a kid growing up near Hooper, NE, Tom Hoegemeyer amassed a collection of tree leaves, each from a different species he found around his family’s small farm. “I was just fascinated by all the different kinds of plants. I actually preferred crops to livestock. I didn’t ever get stepped on or pooped on by a plant.”
Learning together: Soil health hub reaches out to southwest Nebraska farmers
It was a big change when Jason Regier moved his family from Kansas City, where he worked in youth ministry, back to southwestern Nebraska to transition the family farm as his dad retired.
It was an even bigger contrast when farmers would talk about their challenges – weeds and pests and crop-damaging fungus.
“I struck me as odd that most conversationsw I had with farmers was about killing stuff,” he said.