Publications

This 48-page guide features results from the 2016 UNL variety trials for winter wheat, winter barley, triticale, and alfalfa and includes a section on Nebraska seed sources from the Nebraska Crop Improvement Association. Winter wheat trials were conducted at 15 sites, including two with organic wheat production. Learn More

If you missed this year’s UNL Crop Production Clinics, catch up with a copy of the proceedings, a 202-page collection of articles and resource materials developed by the program presenters. It includes research, educational and industry updates by Nebraska Extension specialists.

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The naming of plants is done in a systematic method to allow gardeners and landscape professions to easily communicate about plants. The classification system is explained in this publication. Learn More

This book provides illustrations and key details to identify more than 100 grass and grass-like plants found in Nebraska.

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Plant symptoms may be caused by biotic (living organisms) or abiotic (nonliving) agents. Many abiotic factors can cause symptoms in a landscape or garden. These factors include nutrient imbalances, drought or excess soil moisture, limited light, reduced oxygen availability, air pollution, soil pH extremes, pesticide toxicity, compaction, cultural practices, mechanical damage, and low or high temperatures. Insects, mites, fungi, bacteria, nematodes, viruses, parasitic higher plants, protozoa, and grazing or browsing animals are all examples of biotic agents that damage plants. Learn More

A guide to prescribed burning of grassland (low-volatile) fuels. It covers legal obligations; equipment; burning prescriptions; fireguard construction; ignition techniques; smoke management; personnel requirements; and includes a checklist of required forms and activities to follow. Learn More

Describes temperature conditions that cause winter injury, symptoms of injury at different spring growth stages, effects on yield, and management practices to use when wheat is injured. Includes 26 photos to aid in plant growth stage identification and illustrate injury at various growth stages. Learn More

This publication provides an overview of the use of fire in grassland management. It describes the history and importance of fire in the grassland ecosystem, how plants respond to fire, and the uses and potential benefits of prescribed fire.  It summarizes fire planning and legal and safety considerations and provides guidance on special uses of fire.

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In a grazing management plan grazing systems provide a sequential movement of animals among pastures with properly timed grazing and recovery periods within a season. The four major grazing systems used in the Nebraska Sandhills are discussed and seasonal charts are provided for each for various grazing strategies. It includes comparative advantages and management implications of each and illustrations of various systems in regard to stocking density and timing of grazing and effect of timing on grass production. It also includes a glossary of grazing terms and briefly describes other grazing options.

Grazing systems include:

• Continuous grazing
• Short-duration grazing
• Deferred-rotation grazing
• 50 pasture system

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