Natural Needle Drop By Nicole Stoner
Natural Needle Drop
Evergreen trees turning yellow in the fall may not be a problem, in fact it may be completely natural. Evergreen trees do hold onto their needles, but eventually the older needles are shed from the tree in the fall. When this happens, those needles turn yellow before they fall from the tree. As long as the needles that turn yellow are all on the interior of the tree, there is no real concern. The older needles are the needles that are shed, which will be held on the interior of the tree, not on the ends of the branches.
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Soybean cyst nematodes – yield robbers
However, sometimes we get too comfortable with old issues. As a reminder, SCN is the #1 yield-robbing pest in U.S. soybean production. Soybean cyst nematodes or
Local Structure of Nebraska Extension-Nathan Mueller
Shop healthy, within reason By Tara Dunker
Even dietitians aren’t immune to it.
You know what I’m talking about—that overwhelming feeling of rounding the corner to the produce section to find an entire wall of lettuce varieties: spring mix, salad kits, baby spinach, garden blend. I could go on. A quick search of a popular big box store’s website generates an even more jarring number of choices.
Got time to parse through 1,000 different oils and shortenings? How about 520 different sandwich breads? That’s not all breads, just the types you would consider pairing with any number of meat and cheese combos. Even typing in a more specific search displays an almost laughable number of specialty items. Ever thought you needed 49 different cornbread muffin mixes to choose from? How about 23 raspberry flavored salad dressings?
