Thoughts about the upcoming heat and dry & warm start to September, some evidence on the lack of deep soil moisture recharge, improvements on the Drought Monitor in southeast Nebraska, and a look at vegetation conditions.

Vegetation update, heat update, outlook for the week, thoughts about September, and corn yield outlook

In today's podcast, Eric Snodgrass from Nutrien Ag Solutions joins me to talk about the wild weather of 2023, the pending heat wave, and what we may be looking at going into the fall with El Nino.

In today's episode Dr. Martha Durr, the Nebraska State Climatologist and director of the Nebraska State Climate Office, speaks about her time living in Alaska, the duties and responsibilities of the office, communicating about the link between extreme events and climate change, and what gives her hope.

In this update, I talk about recent drought improvements in Nebraska an update on soil moisture and vegetation conditions, the outlook for next week, and the hints for a warm finish to the month of August.

In this episode Dr. Dylan Mangel fills us in on where farmers have been experiencing on soybean with white mold, aphids, and nematodes as well as the best treatment and management options. He also discusses tar spot on corn and why it possibly being spotted in irrigated corn down the road could be a big problem. He recommends going to the following website for additional information: https://cropprotectionnetwork.org/