Lucas Haag

Things that make you go hmmm. Durum wheat seed increase beyond the small plots. Wheat has turned more in the south 1/3, which was after pintos, than that planted after proso. Planted straight through, same day.

Small combines seem to be equally effective nap inducers as the big ones.

Definitely not a genuine Hege combine part as the German steel now has some Reinke or Valley driveshaft in it, but as long as it keeps the AC belt tight that's all I care. #plotcombines #harvest25

We almost look like an organized crew today. @KStateSoilH2O and I moving the circus from Montezuma to Hutch. The last of this year's #sorghum nitrogen management trials.

For all the agronomic pluses to getting N below the surface, I really hate cutting up stubble... Doing 15", 30", and 60" spacing on the N

Many great articles today: lodged #wheat, green snap and lodging in #corn, fall armyworm alert, fungicide timing for corn, weed control in wheat stubble, annual #forage insurance, harvest priority for wheat, and more! bit.ly/43QKKwC

Laying in bed listening to the days and days and days of work put into nitrogen management plots being washed into no meaningful data. We applied most of the treatments yesterday. When it rains that night, placement and source probably doesn't matter. Glad for the rain, but damn.

Apparently we have corn fed badgers here in Greeley County. Can't say I've ever seen any like this before.

Humid day on the Scott Finney line (somebody should get rain tonight). Planting limited irrigation hybrid trial. 1,280 packets. Hopefully can avoid the hail this year. 32 hybrids at 12, 16, 20, 24, and 28k #lowpopmoffia

We're again running dryland #sorghum nitrogen trials in Thomas, Gray, and Reno Counties. Want to acknowledge @nutrienNHP for donating urea and @SurePointAg for partnering w/us to adapt their control systems for plot work and treating us right.

Thomas County Dryland Performance Test hanging on, was in an area that caught a rain a while back. Surprisingly no virus symptoms observed. 40 entries, 5 replications. Varietial differences in leaf rolling and maturity becoming obvious. #wheattour25

Symptoms of wheat streak mosaic are showing up across Kansas and are severe in several areas. Here we walk through common questions and answers about this disease and it's management. Full article: bit.ly/3SwJ7gU

This eUpdate is loaded with great content about #corn in wet soils; sidewall compaction; #sorghum planting, N fertility, and weed control; corn leafhopper monitoring; wheat plot tours; #wheat disease update; and more! bit.ly/4lVdv1Z

Water quality plays a big role in herbicide effectiveness. Learn how water quality impacts your spring applications: bit.ly/4c3gYag #agriculture #herbicides #spring #water #applications

'Dryland Rotations and Tillage' is the topic of TODAY'S K-State CropTalk webinar. Join us from 12-1 CT (11-12 MT) to hear from Dr. Lucas Haag @LucasAHaag. His presentation will discuss results from long-term research at Tribune. Register: wkrec.org/events/croptal…

Yesterday I posted about how DOGE firing a bunch of public AG scientists was bad, and a lot of people seem to think there is no value in Public AG research. "If public research was valuable then they wouldn't need funding because it would be making money". Here is a thread.

Great opportunity to catch a Northwest Kansas weed management school this evening from the comfort of your warm chair! Join our excellent weeds folks @cropswithjeanne @KStateWeedSci and Jeremie Kouame with @KStateWKREC

Tick. Tock. We're down to the last day of discounted registration for Cover Your Acres next week in Oberlin. Agronomics, Economics, Knowledge to Grow With for the 2025 season. #CYA25 Visit coveryouracres.com for details and to register.