Dryland Crops
Dryland crops research is conducted at the High Plains Agricultural Laboratory (HPAL) six miles northwest of Sidney, Neb. Located on 2,400 acres, HPAL research and extension focuses on crops and cattle grazing studies emphasizing dryland production systems. Research includes testing wheat varieties, alternative crops (millet, sunflower, etc.), management of wheat pests, grazing studies and forage studies.
Irrigated Crops
Our facilities include several hundred acres of research plots, irrigation systems and other equipment, well-equipped greenhouses, and laboratories. Research is focused on crops and conditions specific to the High Plains of western Nebraska, such as corn, dry edible beans, sugarbeets, and specialty crops or alternative crops that show potential. Irrigation systems and methods reflect those used throughout western Nebraska. Research includes variety trials, pathology studies, fertility studies, alternative crops trials, breeding, genetics, and genomics of proso millet, crop rotation and tillage studies, including no-till, dry bean breeding nurseries and trials, regional dry bean and chickpea trials, breeding nurseries, entomology studies and weed control studies.
