Coming Events
Nov. 17, 2014 – York Extension Board Meeting, 7:00 p.m., Extension Office, York
Nov. 17, 2014 – Cornhusker Economics Outlook Meeting, 9:00 a.m., 4-H Building, Beatrice
Nov. 18, 2014 – Cornhusker Economics Outlook Meeting, 9:00 a.m., Central Community College, Columbus
Nov. 19-20, 2014 – Midwest Corn Bean Expo, Lancaster Event Center, Lincoln
Nov. 21, 2014 – York County Corn Grower Annual Meeting & Banquet, 6:30 p.m., Chances R, York
Nov. 25, 2014 – Cornhusker Economics Outlook Meeting, 9:00 a.m., Adams Fairgrounds, Hastings
Cropping Update
The 1.1†of rain we received Wednesday evening slowed producers down a little, but also provided a little rest for them. It did not slow them down for long! Their finishing up the soybeans and really now getting at the field corn with much of it in the 18-20% moisture range and much of the replanted crop in the 25-30% range. It’s important to be monitoring the fields for stalk quality and not delaying to long if the stalk quality is poor. I’ve been out on a couple of corn grower yield challenge plots and have seen some great yields considering all the storms we’ve experienced this past year. Top corn yield that I’ve been involved with this season has been 269 bu./acre! That’s pretty good considering it had some hail and the year we’ve had?
A week or two ago I shared some information about soybean cyst nematodes and I’ve received a couple of follow-up questions, so I thought I’d share a little more information. We have variety cropping information on our CropWatch website along with information for fields that have soybean cyst nematodes. Information about general variety selection can be found at: http://cropwatch.unl.edu/varietytest while information about soybean cyst nematodes can be found at: http://cropwatch.unl.edu/plantdisease/soybean. I hope you’ll check out these two links.
As I mentioned previously, we do have sample bags at our office, so as you get out and evaluate your fields, grab some soil samples and check to see if you have these yield robbing pests?
It appears that we’ve got one of the most complicated farm bill ever. I don’t completely understand it yet, but we’re planning to host an information meeting about the farm bill at the Cornerstone Ag Event Center on December 9th. The program will be jointly delivered by UNL Extension and the Nebraska Farm Service Agency, featuring Allan Vyhnalek, UNL Extension Educator from Columbus, and Leann Nelson, FSA County Executive Director for the York County FSA Office.
They hope to review the 2014 Farm Bill commodity program details, the sign-up procedures, and provide information/analysis along with information about decision tools available. For the latest farm bill information, check out our Ag Economics website: http://agecon.unl.edu/farmbill. Stay tuned for more information.
Cornhusker Economics Outlook Meetings Planned
Speaking of economics, a series of five Cornhusker Economics Outlook meeting are planned for November 17-November 25th in Beatrice, Columbus, Gering, Curtis and Hastings.
Topics include:
Crops—What are the markets telling us?
Livestock — Excitement and uncertainty?
Policy — Should I sign up for ARC or PLC?
Finance – Managing cost of production through a time of “minimizing lossesâ€.
The meetings go from 9:00 a.m. to noon at all the locations except Curtis which goes from 5:00 pm. to 8:00 p.m. No cost for registration, however it’s important to contact the host educators so that adequate materials can be on hand.
Complete details and registration information can be found at: http://york.unl.edu/crops-future. Then click on the Outlook link. I hope you’ll have a chance to attend one of these meetings.
Congratulation 4-Her’s
We recognized several 4-H members at the 4-H Building during our short 4-H Achievement Party this past Sunday! Congratulations to all the winners for a great year!
If you know of youth that would like to be involved in the 4-H program, contact our office for information. Our phone number is 402-362-5508. We’re always looking for interested volunteers and leaders to help lead you young people.
I’d also like to THANK the many 4-H Leader for a job well done! Without your volunteer service we would not have the 4-H program that we have!
