The July 28 CropWatch has been posted to the Web. If you’re looking for ways to improve your soybean operation or learn more about soybean cyst nematode, check out the Field Tours and Extension Programs section.

This week in CropWatch:

• Southern rust identified in some Nebraska corn fields
• Selecting wheat seed for complementary traits
• Selecting seed to manage seed-transmitted wheat diseases
• Have you considered seeding hard white wheat this fall?
• Watch for grasshoppers on field borders now, before they mature
• Insect scouting advised in sunflower

Field Tours and Exension Programs

• Nebraska Soybean Management Field Days Aug. 15-18
• Soybean Cyst Nematode Field Days offered at 4 sites
• Tire and pesticide drum collection days
• National Conservation Forum to be in Lincoln Aug. 14-17
• Farm Mediation Clinics set for August
• Manure application workshops to cover regulations, management
• UNL’s Gudmundsen Lab celebrates quarter century of research and extension success

Field Updates and Ag Briefs

• Field updates from across the state
• Market Journal: Managing your farm like a general
• Wheat and oat production forecast