Happy June! This week sharing on June upcoming events.

Roller crimping workshop will be held June 5^th from 9:30-11:30 a.m. (Registration at 9 a.m.) at the Eastern Nebraska Research, Extension and Education Center, 1071 County Rd G, Ithaca. No pre-registration necessary and anyone interested in learning and/or sharing their experiences is welcome. During this short program, we will show a roller crimper in action, invite farmers to share their experiences with crimping, and discuss what conditions must be met to be successful with this termination method. Demo plots include barley, oats, rye, triticale, and wheat.

Progressive Ag Safety Day: Youth ages 5-14 are invited to attend the Progressive Ag Safety Day at the Fairgrounds in York on June 11 from 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Safety topics include: Electrical, grain, sun, drug, equipment, and water safety. Registration fee is $5 which includes lunch, snacks, t-shirt, and goody bag. RSVP by calling 402-362-5508. This event sponsored by York Co. Farm Bureau and York Co. Extension.

SCAL Weed Management Field Day: Growers, crop consultants and educators are encouraged to attend Nebraska Extension’s Weed Management Field Day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Registration at 8:30 a.m.) June 26 at the South Central Agricultural Laboratory near Clay Center. It’s located five miles west of the intersection of Highways 14 and 6, or 13 miles east of Hastings on Highway 6. GPS coordinates for the field day site: 40.57539, -98.13776.

The field day includes on-site demonstrations of new technology and new herbicides for corn, soybean and sorghum. Projects include using cover crops such as cereal rye or interseeding small grains (wheat, oat, barley) for weed suppression, See and Spray Precision Sprayer, iGrowth and INZEN sorghum. Attending this field day will provide an opportunity to stakeholders to learn about management of herbicide-resistant weeds. There is no cost to attend, but participants are asked to pre-register online at https://agronomy.unl.edu/fieldday. CCA credits are available.

Paraquat Trainings: Syngenta is offering Paraquat Training Webinars for June 2024 for those who plan to apply this herbicide this year. The trainings are held from 1-2 p.m. CST on: June 5, 18, 20, 25, 26. Registration is required at: https://syngenta.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Gh1T5t4tTS-S3QbFJUJe-w#/registration. Registration will require: first and last name, email address, state, and pesticide certification license number. There is a mandatory quiz at the end of the webinar that will be conducted thru zoom, so you need to stay on until the end of the webinar.

Yellow Nutsedge Control: Kelly Feehan shared the following, “It is time for yellow nutsedge control if using herbicide for control. While we may not be able to see much sedge yet, it is starting growth and control from first week of June up to June 21st is important. Yellow nutsedge is the yellow grass-like plant with waxy blades that grows taller than Kentucky bluegrass. Larger plants are most noticeable after June. This perennial sedge begins to emerge from underground tubers in late May. To help reduce nutsedge, mow tall at 3.5 inches, and avoid overwatering. Hand-pulling can be effective where there are very few plants. If herbicides are used, products containing sulfentrazone, known as Dismiss, halosulfuron or Sedge-Hammer, and mesotrione such as Tenacity are labeled for postemergence control in cool-season turfgrasses. As always, follow all label directions.”