Extension Offices

2008 Edition

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Welcome to the University of Nebraska Wheat Production Systems Home Page. This site includes the latest extension information on wheat production from the University of Nebraska. Where appropriate, we have supplemented University of Nebraska information with that of other land-grant universities and the private sector.

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2008/Recent CropWatch articles

Varieties

Seedbed+Planting

Insects

Diseases

Irrigation

Economics

Marketing

Feeding and Utilization

Fallow Management

Editors:
Drew Lyon and Bob Klein
Extension Cropping Systems Specialists, University of Nebraska

NOTE: Many of the publications listed below are PDF documents.
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I. The Crop

1. Wheat Growth Stages

2. Plant Development (PDF)

3. Tillering Patterns (PDF)

4. Farmer Research: Project Initiation and Implementation (PDF)

5. Freeze Injury to Nebraska Wheat (PDF) (Large file; may download slowly over dial-up connections)

6. Wheat Kernel Damage (PDF from Oklahoma State University) (Large file; may download slowly over dial-up connections)

7. Getting Started In Ecofarming: Growing the Winter Wheat Crop (PDF) (RECENTLY UPDATED)

II. Varieties

1. Virtual Wheat Tour

2. Winter Wheat Variety Selection Tool

3. Wheat Variety Testing Home Page

4. Winter Wheat Variety Characteristics

5. Using Winter Wheat Yield Data to Improve Variety Selection (PDF)

6.

Most Popular Varieties (PDF)

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III. Soil Fertility

1. Fertilizing Winter Wheat I: Nitrogen, Potassium and Micronutrients (PDF)

2. Fertilizing Winter Wheat II: Phosphorus (PDF)

3. Nutrient Management for Agronomic Crops in Nebraska: Nitrogen Fertility (PDF)

4. Sampling Manures for Nutrient Analysis (PDF)

5. Calculating the Value of Manure for Crop Production (PDF)

6. Management Strategies to Reduce the Rate of Soil Acidification (PDF)

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IV. Seedbed+Planting

1. Seeding Rates for Winter Wheat in Nebraska (PDF)

2. Seeding Dates for Nebraska

3. Management to Minimize and Reduce Soil Compaction

4. Soil Compaction... Fact and Fiction

5. Relay Cropping Offers Economic Benefits (CropWatch Article)

6. Estimating Winter Wheat Grain Yields (PDF)

7. Choosing the Right Tillage System for Row Crop Production (PDF)

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V. Weed Control

1. 2008 Guide for Weed Management in Nebraska (PDF) (Large file; may download slowly over dial-up connections)

2. Weed Management in Rainfed Cropping Systems (PDF)

3. Pesticide Laws and Regulations (PDF)

4. Protective Clothing and Equipment for Pesticide Applicators (PDF)

5. Managing the Risks of Pesticide Poisoning and Understanding the Signs and Symptoms (PDF)

6. Safe Transport, Storage and Disposal of Pesticides (PDF)

7. Federally Registered Restricted Use Pesticides (PDF)

8. Annual Broadlead Weed Control in Winter Wheat (PDF)

9. Downy Brome Control (PDF)

10. Controlling Jointed Goatgrass (PDF)

11. Rye Control in Winter Wheat (PDF)

12. Blue Mustard Control (PDF)

13. Noxious Weeds of Nebraska: Canada Thistle (PDF)

14. How to Spray a Field to Prevent Overlap and Reduce Drift Injury (PDF)

15. Spray Boom Set-up on Field Sprayers (PDF)

16. Calibration of Sprayers (also Seeders) (PDF)

17. Nozzles -- Selection and Sizing (PDF)

18. Use of Herbicide Tolerant Crops as a Component of an Integrated Weed Management Program (PDF)

19. WeedSOFT Tank Mix Calculator

20. Cultural Practices to Improve Weed Control in Winter Wheat (PDF)

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VI. Insects

1. Nebraska EntWeb

2. High Plains Integrated Pest Management Guide

3. Cereal Aphids

4. A Guide to Grasshopper Control in Cropland (PDF)

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VII. Diseases

1. Leaf, Stem and Stripe Rust Diseases of Wheat

2.

Fusarium Head Blight of Wheat (PDF)

2. Black Point Disease of Wheat (PDF)

3. Managing Foliar Diseases of Winter Wheat With Fungicides

4. Cultural Practices That Influence Wheat Diseases (PDF)

5. Disease Affecting Grain and Seed Quality

Managing Wheat Streak Mosaic Disease

7.

Wheat Streak Mosaic: An Overview (VIDEO)

8.

Wheat Streak Mosaic: Managing the Vector (VIDEO)

9.

Wheat Streak Mosaic: Volunteer Control (VIDEO)

10. Root and Crown Rot - Winter Kill Complex of Winter Wheat (PDF)

11. Tan Spot Disease of Wheat (PDF)

12. Fungicide Options for Managing Foliar Diseases on Wheat

13. Management of Residue-Borne Diseases of Wheat (PDF)

14. Black Chaff of Wheat (PDF)

15.

Barley Yellow Dwarf of Wheat, Barley, and Oats (PDF)

16. Management Program for Rust Diseases of Wheat

17. Management Program for Foliar Leaf Spot Diseases of Wheat

18. Management Program for Common Root Rot and Fusarium Foot Rot (Crown Rot) (PDF)

19. Management Program for Soil-Borne Wheat Mosaic and Wheat Yellow Mosiac (Wheat Spindle Streak)

20. Management Program for Wheat Streak Mosaic and High Plains Diseases of Wheat

21. Management Program to Prevent Smut Diseases of Wheat (PDF)

22. Management Program for Powdery Mildew of Wheat (PDF)

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VIII. Irrigation

1. Producing Irrigated Winter Wheat (PDF)

2. Crop Water Use in Western Nebraska (PDF)

3. Operating Characteristics of Center Pivot Sprinklers (PDF)

4. Water Quality Criteria for Irrigation

5. Water Loss from Above-Canopy and In-Canopy Sprinklers

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IX. Economics

1. 2006 Nebraska Farm Custom Rates - Part I (PDF)

2. 2006 Nebraska Farm Custom Rates - Part II (PDF)

3. Nebraska Custom Rates changes from 2004 to 2006 (PDF)

4. Nebraska Crop Budgets, 2006 (PDF)

5. Crop Revenue Coverage and Group Risk Plan (PDF)

6. Equitable Cropshare Arrangements for Intensive Dryland Cropping Systems (PDF)
(Large file; may down dowload slowly over dial-up connections)

7. Cash Leasing of Cropland in Nebraska (PDF)

8. Crop Rental Rates (PDF)

9. Nebraska Agricultural Land Markets (PDF)

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X. Marketing

1. Western Nebraska Cash & KCBT Wheat Futures

2. Western Nebraska Historical Crop Prices (PDF) (Large file; may download slowly over dial-up connections)

3. USDA-ERS Wheat Outlook: 2007

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XI. Feeding and Utilization

1. Grazing Winter Wheat in Nebraska (PDF)

2. Ammonia Treatment of Low Quality Forages

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XII. Fallow Management

1. Wind Erosion and Its Control (PDF)

2. Managing Corn and Sorghum Residues During the Pre-Winter Wheat Fallow Period (PDF)

3. Ecofarming: Spring Row Crop Planting and Weed Control in Winter Wheat Stubble (PDF)

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