2017 TAPS Competition: Table of Events

workers in a cornfield
October 16th, 2017

Stalk nitrate sampling to determine plant nitrogen sufficiency.

 

cross section of corn
September 20th, 2017

Average growth stage for most competition plots is 50%-60% milk line.

spidermites
September 12th, 2017

Presence 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.

jacob nickel
September 12th, 2017

Jacob Nickel documents growth stage and captures pictures of the TAPS farms as well as scouts the field for pest pressure. 

cornrow
September 1st, 2017

Growth stage for most competition plots is beginning dent.

UNL-TAPS Growers Panel
August 24th, 2017

UNL-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.

Airscout Imagery
August 11th, 2017

Airscout  imagery (Visual, ADVI, and Thermal) collected by Ag Valley Coop.

Divirod sensor
August 2nd, 2017

Divirod sensor mounted on Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) Surge Tower overlooking the TAPS Competition Plots.

cropduster
July 27th, 2017

Following recommendation of Julie Peterson, Entamologist and Extension Specialist, the field has been treated with Prevathon Insecticide at 14.8 oz/ac.

TAPS field tour
July 25th, 2017

Field Tour of the TAPS competition plots to the Water for Food Graduate Interns.

Julie Peterson
July 21st, 2017

Field scouted by Julie Peterson, entomologist and extension specialist at WCREC. Western Bean Cutworm at 8% infestation. 

AirScout imagery
July 10th, 2017

Airscout imagery (ADVI and Thermal) collected by Ag Valley COOP.

FarmersEdge imagery
July 6th, 2017

FarmersEdge 3.1 m Dove Imagery: Crop Health, Field Variability 1, and Field Variability 2

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TAPS field tour
June 28th, 2017

Provided field tour of TAPS program to Nebraska Water Tour.

fertigation station
June 28th, 2017

First fertigation targeted at V9 growth stage.

TAPS Field Tour
June 27th, 2017

Field tour of competition plots and workshop by FarmersEdge, AquaSpy, Airscout, and LI-COR.

sensor mount
June 27th, 2017

Sensor mount used for sensing crop conditions throughout the season has been built and tested! Thanks Turner Dorr, Jacob Nickel, Himmy Lo, and Brian Krienke!

Senor cluster
June 27th, 2017

Sensor Cluster, showcasing John Deere FieldConnect, AquaSpy, AquaCheck, Phytech, and among others, install finalized.

FarmersEdge station installed
June 22nd, 2017

FarmersEdge installs 1) out of field weather station, 2) in-field sensor monitoring station, and 3) time-laps camera!

center pivot
June 16th, 2017

First irrigation event for those that chose to apply water.

Arable weather station
June 15th, 2017

Installed Arable Weather Station.

Aquaspy being installed
June 14th, 2017

Installed AquaSpy capacitance probes for each contestant

growing crops in a row
June 12th, 2017

Sidedress N fertilizer applied.

Airscout imagery
June 11th, 2017

Airscout imagery (ADVI and Thermal) collected by Ag Valley COOP.

men loading a truck
May 31st, 2017

Installed neutron gauge access tubes for soil water content monitoring.

AirScout imagery
May 21st, 2017

Airscout imagery (ADVI and Thermal) collected by Ag Valley COOP.

corn emergence
May 19th, 2017

Corn Emergence!

crop residue
May 15th, 2017

Jeff 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%.

tractor in a field
May 9th, 2017

Competition plots "Farms" were planted with Precision Planting Equipment from Cedar Lane Seeds.

tractor in a field
May 5th, 2017

Pre-Nitrogen fertilizer in the form of UAN 32% was applied for the competition plots "Farms" using Surefire Ag Systems application and control system.

FarmersEdge zone map
May 3rd, 2017

FarmersEdge collects soil samples based on zone delineation from satellite imagery.

Eddy Covariance flux tower
April 24th, 2017

LI-COR Biosciences installs their Eddy Covariance flux tower that measures evapotranspiration (ET) and carbon fluxes.

Airscout imagery
April 22nd, 2017

Airscout imagery (ADVI and Thermal) collected by Ag Valley COOP.

installing fertigation system
April 20th, 2017

Agri-Inject installs their reflex variable rate fertigation system.

West Central Research and Extension Center meeting

March 20th, 2017

Kick off meeting held at UNL's West Central Research and Extension Center (WCREC) in North Platte, NE.