Soil health practices such as cover crops are an important management tool to reduce erosion, suppress weeds, and improve water infiltration and water holding capacity in soil, yet for some growers...

Larry Moore, who served on the board of directors for the Upper Big Blue Natural Resources District for 47 years, was recently honored by the Nebraska Legislature with Legislative Resolution 84. For...

With developments in sensor technologies and fertilizer application systems over the past 10 years, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has updated its guidance documents to recommend that irrigated...

York-area 4 th graders get hands-on nature education It would be a far less delicious world without pollinators. That was one of the key messages from the annual pollinator day activity hosted by...

By John Nelson, Nebraska Extension Educator, Lancaster County Groundwater nitrate has been a problem in Nebraska and throughout the Midwest for many decades and is growing in its scope and severity...

After several dry years that saw the average groundwater level decline in the Upper Big Blue Natural Resources District, some producers have wondered about the water balance equation for the growing...