Publications

This guide provides the most comprehensive review of how to manage woody plant encroachment in the Great Plains. The guide introduces a science-based framework for reducing encroachment that can be applied at any stage of the encroachment process. Concepts from the guide have been adopted through local, state, and national grassland initiatives like the Great Plains Grassland Initiative. In Nebraska, concepts from the guide are estimated to save $25-500 per acre in management costs compared to past approaches. Eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana) is used as a featured example due to its prevalence in Great Plains grasslands. Learn More

UNL animal scientists report on their recent research in the areas of swine nutrition, genetics, animal health, and parity. Issued annually to cover research conducted in the previous year, the Nebraska swine report describes the basis for each study, materials and methods used, and the results. Charts and tables often are used to illustrate the findings.

To view details about what is included in this report, view the table of contents.

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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

This publication explains how the federal tax laws apply to farming. Use this publicatilm as a guide to figure your taxes and complete your farm tax return. If you need more infomation on a subject, get the specific IRS tax publication covering that subject.

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This 300-page guide is a comprehensive resource for current research-based information and UNL recommendations on weed management in Nebraska crop production, with special sections on fungicides, insecticides, and pesticide application equipment and safety. It includes detailed drawings and photos to aid in weed identification, as well as photos to aid in insect and disease identification.

This guide is a key pest management reference for Nebraska's crop producers. Keep one handy in your pickup or at your desk. 

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This 286-page guide is a comprehensive resource for newly updated research results and recommendations on weed management in Nebraska crop production. New this year is a chart on herbicide modes of action, tables on selecting sprayer nozzles for droplet size, a section on flame weeding, and expanded fungicide and insecticide listings. It includes detailed drawings and photos to aid in weed identification, as well as photos to aid in insect and disease identification.  Section topics include:

• Principles of Weed Management, including herbicide modes and sites of action, integrated weed management, weed management in conservation tillage; non-chemical control; and managing herbicide resistance
• Human Safety and Environmental Stewardship, including ratings for herbicide water solubility, relative soil persistance, and relative soil retention, and potential human and environmental risks
• Application Equipment and Practices, including tips and tables for nozzle selection; spray boom set-up; sprayer calibration; prepare spray mixtures
• Weed Control by Crop and by System, including weed response tables and herbicide programs for alfalfa, chicory, corn, dry bean, ecofarming, garbanzo beans, melons, onions, potatoes, pumpkins, sorghum, soybean, sugarbeet, sunflower, and wheat and small grains (barley, oat, proso millet, rye, triticale)
• Weed Control for Noncrop Areas, including aquatic, CRP, ditches, roadsides, pastures, and turf.
• Noxious and Troublesome Weeds
• Herbicide Use Appendices
• Disease Control by Crop, including fungicide efficacy tables and treatment programs for corn, dry bean, soybean, sugarbeets, and wheat
• Insect Control by Crop, including insecticide efficacy tables for alfalfa, field corn, soybean, and wheat
• Product Dictionaries for herbicides, fungicides and insecticides labeled for use in Nebraska.
• Estimated Herbicide Prices

This guide is a key pest management reference for Nebraska's crop producers. Keep one handy in your pickup or at your desk. 

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The Nutrient Management Calendar serves as a guide for livestock operations that are required by the State of Nebraska to keep records. The calendar was designed to be used by all sizes of livestock operations and includes all records required for operations permitted for the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES). It has been approved by the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE) and recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a valuable resource for livestock producers. The Nutrient Management Calendar holds your livestock operation's records from January to January and contains a coupon for a free calendar for next year.

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Take a step toward meeting your nutritional goals by learning how to adjust your favorite recipes in accordance with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

Topics covered in this publication include:

• Setting your nutritional goals
• Introducing gradual change to your family
• How to adjust recipes
• Sources of additional information
• The Dietary Guidelines
• Samples of modified recipes
• Tables of substitutions for popular products

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This set of two photo identification guides covers the major insect pests of Nebraska alfalfa. Alfalfa Insects I (EC1576) covers alfalfa weevil; clover leaf weevil; blister beetles; army, variegated and dingy cutworms; alfalfa caterpillar, and the green cloverworm. Alfalfa Insects II (EC1577) covers pea, spotted alfalfa, cowpea, and blue alfalfa aphids; potato leafhopper; and plant bug. Learn More