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Table of Contents Tab No. Title 1 Eliminate One Field Operation Such As Shredding Stalks 2 No-till Farming In Dryland Cropping Systems 3 Switching To No-till Can Save Irrigation Water 4 Credit Soil For Nitrate Nitrogen 5 Credit Soil Organic Matter For Nitrogen 6 Eliminate Unnecessary Use Of Phosphorus, Potassium And Sulfur Fertilizer 7 Taking Advantage Of Manure Resources 8 Giving Proper Nitrogen Credit For Legumes In Corn And Milo Rotations 9 Corn/Soybean Rotation vs. Continuous Corn 10 Eliminate Use Of Inoculant On Soybeans Where Soil Has A History Of Beans 11 Setting Realistic Yield Goals 12 Skip-Row Corn For Improved Drought Tolerance In Rain Fed Corn 13 Generic Products Versus Name Brand Products 14 Eliminate Routine Treatment Of Wireworm 15 Managing Foliar Diseases of Winter Wheat With Fungicides Treatment Criteria, Profitability And Products 16 Selecting Resistance In Soybean Varieties To Combat Soybean Diseases 17 Leasing Or Sharing Machinery 18 Improve Efficiency Of Irrigation Pumping Plants 19 Repair Leaky Gates/Gaskets And Eliminate A Set 20 Using Cutoff Ratio To Fine Tune Furrow Irrigations 21 Harvest Soybeans At 13% Moisture 22 Using On-Farm Research To Evaluate Profitability 2006, The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska on behalf of the Universitsy of Nebraska Lincoln Extension. All rights reserved.
Reference List of Contact People at UNL Tillage - (1,2,3) Paul Jasa - pjasa1@unl.edu - (402) 472-6715 Gary Hergert - ghergert1@unl.edu - (308) 632-1372 Bob Klein - rklein1@unl.edu - (308) 532-3611 ext. 144 David Shelton - dshelton2@unl.edu - (402) 370-4009 Paul Hay - phay1@unl.edu - (402) 223-1384 Randy Pryor - rpryor1@unl.edu - (402) 821-2151 John Wilson - jwilson3@unl.edu - (402) 374-2929 Soil Fertility - (4, 5, 6, 7, 8) Achim Dobermann - adobermann2@unlnotes.unl.edu - (402) 472-1501 Richard Ferguson - rferguso@unlnotes.unl.edu - (402) 472-1144 Gary Hergert - ghergert1@unl.edu - (308) 632-1372 Charles Shapiro - cshapiro1@unl.edu - (402) 584-2803 Dave Tarkalson - dtarkalson2@unl.edu - (308) 532-3611 ext.148 Charles Wortmann - cwortmann2@unl.edu - (402) 472-2909 Karen DeBoer - kdeboer1@unl.edu - (308) 254-4455 Ralph Kulm - rkulm1@unl.edu - (402) 336-2760 Jim Peterson - jpeterson2@unl.edu - (402) 426-9455 Crop Systems (9, 10, 11, 12, 21, 22) Dave Baltensperger - dbaltensperger1@unl.edu - (308) 632-1261 Bob Klein - rklein1@unl.edu - (308) 532-3611 ext 144 Charles Wortmann - cwortmann2@un1.edu - (402) 472-2909 Karen DeBoer - kdeboer1@unl.edu - (308) 254-4455 Tom Dorn - tdorn1@unl.edu - (402) 441-7180 Steve Melvin - smelvin1@unl.edu - (308) 367-4424 Jim Peterson - jpeterson2@unl.edu - (402) 426-9455 Randy Pryor - rpryor1@unl.edu - (402) 821-2151 Dave Varner - dvarner1@unl.edu - (402) 727-2775
Economics (2, 9,17) Dave Goeller - dgoeller2@unl.edu - (402) 472-0661 Terry Hejny - thejny1@unl.edu - (402) 759-3712 Del Hemsath - dhemsath1@unl.edu - (402) 584-2234 Dave Stenberg - dstenberg1@unl.edu - (308) 324-5501 Pest Management (13, 14, 15, 16) Weeds Steve Knezevic - sknezevic2@unl.edu - (402) 584-2808 Bob Klein - rklein1@unl.edu - (308) 532-3611 ext. 144 Alex Martin - amartin2@unl.edu - (402) 472-1527 Bob Wilson - rwilson1@unl.edu - (308) 632-1263 Insects Gary Hein - ghein1@unl.edu - (308) 632-1369 Tom Hunt - thunt2@unl.edu - (402) 584-2863 Keith Jarvi - kjarvi1@unl.edu - (402) 370-4016 Bob Wright - rwright2@unl.edu - (402) 472-2128 Plant Pathology Loren Giesler - lgiesler1@unl.edu - (402) 472-2559 Tamra Jackson - tjackson3@unl.edu - (402) 472-2858 Stephen Wegulo - swegulo2@unl.edu - (402) 472-8735 Weeds Brady Kappler - bkappler1@unl.edu - (402) 472-1544 Insects Ron Seymour - rseymour1@unl.edu - (402) 461-7209 Plant Pathology Jennifer Rees - jrees2@unl.edu - (402) 762-3644 John Wilson - jwilson3@unl.edu - (402) 374-2929
Irrigation (18, 19, 20) Bill Kranz - wkranz1@unl.edu - (402) 370-4012 Suat Urmak - surmak2@unl.edu - (402) 472-5865 C. Dean Yonts - cyonts1@unl.edu - (308) 632-1246 Chuck Burr - cburr1@unl.edu - (308) 995-4222 Tom Dorn - tdorn1@unl.edu - (402) 441-7180 Terry Hejny - thejny1@unl.edu - (402) 759-3712 Ralph Kulm - rkulm1@unl.edu - (402) 336-2760 Steve Melvin - smelvin1@unl.edu - (308) 367-4424 Dave Stenberg - dstenberg1@unl.edu - (308) 324-5501