Nebraska CropWatch
The Nebraska CropWatch Podcast provides the latest research-based information from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on crop production, pest management, and related agricultural information for Nebraska farmers and agribusinesses. CropWatch Podcasts feature researchers, extension educators, and other experts. For more information on these topics, visit www.cropwatch.unl.edu , where new articles are published weekly during the cropping season.
Episodes
Episodes
Wednesday Sep 25, 2024
152. Weather Ready Farms VIII: Dr. Dave Aiken, UNL Agricultural Economics
Wednesday Sep 25, 2024
Wednesday Sep 25, 2024
In this episode of Weather Ready Farms, Dr. Dave Aiken, an expert in water law from UNL's Agricultural Economics department joins to talk about how reading Paul Ehrlich's book "Population Bomb" got him interested in what was a novel field (environmental law) in the early 1970's, how a trip to the South Plains of Texas in 1976 influenced groundwater regulation in Nebraska, how the NRD's have been leaders in groundwater management, and how climate change will ultimately be the biggest challenge irrigated producers and regulators will face in the coming decades.
Thursday Sep 19, 2024
151. Weekly Weather Outlook and Update: September 19, 2024
Thursday Sep 19, 2024
Thursday Sep 19, 2024
Friday Sep 13, 2024
Thursday Sep 05, 2024
Thursday Aug 29, 2024
Wednesday Aug 28, 2024
147. Weather Ready Farms VII. Graham Christensen
Wednesday Aug 28, 2024
Wednesday Aug 28, 2024
In the 7th episode in the Weather Ready Farms series Graham Christensen, corn and soybean farmer from near Oakland, NE and owner of GC-ReVOLT, joins to talk about his family's long history of farming in Burt County, his story of how his family started transitioning to regenerative agricultural practices, planting cover crops with drones, soil health benefit of keeping roots in the ground year round, using technology and ecosystems to enhance their operation, the challenges farmers face in transitioning to more regenerative practices, how university extension and educational curriculum could help shape an agricultural future that works with natural ecosystems to enhance productivity, and how they have remained profitable while shrinking the number of acres farmed.
Thursday Aug 22, 2024
Friday Aug 16, 2024
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