October 16th, 2017Stalk nitrate sampling to determine plant nitrogen sufficiency.
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September 20th, 2017Average growth stage for most competition plots is 50%-60% milk line. |
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September 12th, 2017Presence of spider mites were identified late in the growing season (R4 growth stage), so no insecticide was administered following University recommendations. More information for managing spider mites in corn and soybean can be found at: http://cropwatch.unl.edu/2016/managing-spider-mites-corn-and-sobyean. |
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September 12th, 2017Jacob Nickel documents growth stage and captures pictures of the TAPS farms as well as scouts the field for pest pressure. |
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September 1st, 2017Growth stage for most competition plots is beginning dent. |
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August 24th, 2017UNL-TAPS Growers Panel, including Mike Baker, Jon Walz, Roric Paulman, Ted Tietjen, and Brad Ramsdale, sharing their experience participating in the TAPS program and answering questions from other producers in the audience. |
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August 11th, 2017Airscout imagery (Visual, ADVI, and Thermal) collected by Ag Valley Coop. |
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August 2nd, 2017Divirod sensor mounted on Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) Surge Tower overlooking the TAPS Competition Plots. |
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July 27th, 2017Following recommendation of Julie Peterson, Entamologist and Extension Specialist, the field has been treated with Prevathon Insecticide at 14.8 oz/ac. |
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July 25th, 2017Field Tour of the TAPS competition plots to the Water for Food Graduate Interns. |
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July 21st, 2017Field scouted by Julie Peterson, entomologist and extension specialist at WCREC. Western Bean Cutworm at 8% infestation. |
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July 10th, 2017Airscout imagery (ADVI and Thermal) collected by Ag Valley COOP. |
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July 6th, 2017FarmersEdge 3.1 m Dove Imagery: Crop Health, Field Variability 1, and Field Variability 2 www.farmcommand.com
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June 28th, 2017Provided field tour of TAPS program to Nebraska Water Tour. |
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June 28th, 2017First fertigation targeted at V9 growth stage. |
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June 27th, 2017Field tour of competition plots and workshop by FarmersEdge, AquaSpy, Airscout, and LI-COR. |
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June 27th, 2017Sensor mount used for sensing crop conditions throughout the season has been built and tested! Thanks Turner Dorr, Jacob Nickel, Himmy Lo, and Brian Krienke! |
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June 27th, 2017Sensor Cluster, showcasing John Deere FieldConnect, AquaSpy, AquaCheck, Phytech, and among others, install finalized. |
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June 22nd, 2017FarmersEdge installs 1) out of field weather station, 2) in-field sensor monitoring station, and 3) time-laps camera! |
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June 16th, 2017First irrigation event for those that chose to apply water. |
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June 15th, 2017Installed Arable Weather Station. |
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June 14th, 2017Installed AquaSpy capacitance probes for each contestant |
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June 12th, 2017Sidedress N fertilizer applied. |
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June 11th, 2017Airscout imagery (ADVI and Thermal) collected by Ag Valley COOP. |
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May 31st, 2017Installed neutron gauge access tubes for soil water content monitoring. |
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May 21st, 2017Airscout imagery (ADVI and Thermal) collected by Ag Valley COOP. |
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May 19th, 2017Corn Emergence! |
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May 15th, 2017Jeff Nichols, Resource Conservationist, NRCS and Miles Anderson Range Tech TSP, Twin Platte NRD, estimated percent residue cover using the Line- Transect Method. There were five locations across the field with 10 total estimations being collected. The average of the estimated percent residue cover for this field was 90%. |
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May 9th, 2017Competition plots "Farms" were planted with Precision Planting Equipment from Cedar Lane Seeds. |
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May 5th, 2017Pre-Nitrogen fertilizer in the form of UAN 32% was applied for the competition plots "Farms" using Surefire Ag Systems application and control system. |
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May 3rd, 2017FarmersEdge collects soil samples based on zone delineation from satellite imagery. |
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April 24th, 2017LI-COR Biosciences installs their Eddy Covariance flux tower that measures evapotranspiration (ET) and carbon fluxes. |
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April 22nd, 2017Airscout imagery (ADVI and Thermal) collected by Ag Valley COOP. |
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April 20th, 2017Agri-Inject installs their reflex variable rate fertigation system. |
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March 20th, 2017Kick off meeting held at UNL's West Central Research and Extension Center (WCREC) in North Platte, NE. |