Soybean Management Field Days addresses issues that are important to farmers, as well as challenges on the home frontand internationally.

Soybean Management Field Days highlights checkoff dollarsat work in: Research, Marketing, Promotion, New Uses, and Education.

Making Sense of Production Costs and Policy Changes• Examine current Nebraska soybean budgets and 2019 cost of production• Look at the new UNL ag enterprise budget format (in development)• Understand the complicated mix of commodity programs, trade assistance, and disaster assistance• Make sound production, farm program, and risk management decisionsBrad Lubben, Nebraska Extension Policy SpecialistGlennis McClure, Nebraska Extension Farm and Ranch Management Analyst

Insects, Cover Crops, and Hail: Making Good Management Decisions • Get the latest information on new and emerging pests like soybean gall midge• Gain knowledge on best management practices for insects in cover crops• Learn how to make the good decisions on a hailed damaged soybean field • Using SoyWater to assess the Soy V & R stage on the hail dateJustin McMechan, University of Nebraska Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist Tom Hunt, Nebraska Extension EntomologistJim Specht, UNL Emeritus Professor of Agronomy and Horticulture Robert Wright, Nebraska Extension Entomologist

Soybean Weed Control & Cover Crops -What’s Doing All the Work? Rethinking Your Weed Management Program• Discussion about integrating multiple strategies to improve weed management• What we know about cover crops and weed suppression• How to get the most out of your herbicide programChris Proctor, Nebraska Weed Management Extension Educator

- Cover Crops and Soil Microbial Communities - Possible Effectson Soybean Nutrition and Nutrient Cycling• Examine testing soil microbial abundance and diversity at SMFD plots with/without rye cover crops• Learn why soil nitrate levels at the 0-4” depth were lower in plots with rye compared to plots without rye• Learn why we expect higher fungi and bacteria numbers in plots with rye• What could this mean for corn residue breakdown and soybean nutrition?Katja Koehler-Cole, UNL Research Assistant Professor

Soybean Production & Cover Crops Seed, Planting and Irrigation Management

* 1 Day Events - 4 Locations * 1-Hour Presentations rotate from 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. (Registration begins at 9 a.m.)

* Field tours and presentations in tents* Complimentary admisssion and lunch

2019 SOYBEAN MANAGEMENT FIELD DAYS

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SARGENTFellows Farms Inc.

PILGERTim & Angie Labenz Farm

PLYMOUTHRoss & Judd Boeckner Farm

WAVERLYLynn & Joyce Neujahr Farm

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Decisions with Cover Crops• Current recommendations on soybean plant dates, seed-

ing rates & depths, and row spacing. • Update on soybean irrigation management practices• Gain knowledge on how cover crops affect soil water and

irrigation management.• Learn differences in managing cover crops in irrigated

versus rainfed systems.Jim Specht, UNL Emeritus Professor of Agronomy and Horticulture Aaron Nygren, Nebraska Extension Educator, Cropping SystemsSteve Melvin, Nebraska Extension Educator, Cropping SystemsTroy Ingram, Nebraska Extension Educator, Cropping Systems

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