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1. Use of A Wheat Cover Crop to Trap Residual Soil N for No-till CornIn continued work on long-term no-till plots, wheat was tested as a winter cover crop to determine how much carryover soil N it would accumulate from the preceding no-till corn crop and make available to the successive no-till corn crop. Wheat biomass at time of planting no-till corn was about 1.7 times greater following 240 lbs N/A on the preceding corn than following 80 lbs N/A. However, maximum wheat biomass was only about 1 T/A, and contained only 15 lbs N/A more than wheat grown following corn... |
2. Spacial Variability of Soil Test Phosphorus in a Northern Corn Belt FieldFor some time, an increasing number of fertilizer dealers, crop consultants, and farmers have reported substantial year-to- year variability in soil test values for phosphorus (P) and potassium (K). Frequently, this variation could be explained by such factors as extremes in soil moisture content at the time of sample collection. In many situations, however, this variation was due to the fact that soil samples were not collected from the same location in the field in two consecutive years. The introduction... |
3. Effect of Time of N Application for CornThe economic benefit associated with the application of N fertilizers for corn has been known for over 5 decades. As a result, over 99 % of the farmers in Illinois apply N fertilizers when corn is grown. Unlike phosphorus and potassium, there is no good soil test to predict the amount of N needed, instead, farmers use a factor times yield potential with appropriate credits for legume and other N sources to set N rates. While this works well over a number of years, there are years when less N will... |
4. An Overview of On-Farm Nitrogen Rate ResearchBecause crop advisors, farmers, and some in the fertilizer industry questioned the University's N recommendations as being too low and raised concerns that the N calibration research had been done primarily in small plots on University Experiment Station land. numerous N calibration studies for corn after soybeans were conducted on farmers' fields in southern Minnesota and northeastern Iowa from 1989 through 2002 to validate present N recommendations. On-farm replicated trials were conducted by University... |
5. Changes in Nitrogen use Efficiency and Soil Quality After Five Years of Managing for High Yield Corn and SoybeanAverage corn gain yields in the USA have increased linearly at a rate of 1.7 bulacre over the past 35 years with a national yield average of 130 bdacre. Corn yield contest winners and simulation models, ho ~ever, indicate there is -100 bda in exploitable corn yield gap. Six years (1999-2004) of plant development, grain yield and nutrient uptake \yere compared in intensive irrigated maize systems representing (a) recommended best management practices for a yield goal of 200 bdacre (Ml) and (b) intensive... |
6. Nitrogen Source and Application Timing to Improve Corn Yield and Reduce Nitrate in Tile-Drain WaterNitrogen (N) fertilizer is among the most important inputs for corn because of this crop’s large N requirements. When N fertilizer applications exceed crop needs, that N can be lost to the environment or be incorporated into the soil organic matter Many farmers in the US Midwest install subsurface drainage to remove excess water from the soil. The drained water leached from the farms contains nitrate-N (NO3), which poses risks to surface waters. Midwest agriculture has... S. Menegaz, F. Fernandez |
7. Nitrogen source and application timing for corn to mitigate leaching and gaseous N lossesNitrogen (N) is an important nutrient for corn, but N fertilizers are associated with contamination of surface waters through leaching and gas emissions through denitrification and volatilization. A comprehensive N loss study was conducted at the University of Minnesota Southwest Research and Outreach Center (SWROC) in Lamberton, MN from 2014 to 2020. The objectives were to quantify the effects of traditional (pre-plant urea) and advanced N management practices (split-N applications and... |
8. Improving Digital Soil Maps for Site-specific Soil Fertility Management Using Feature SelectionDigital soil mapping (DSM) has become an attractive option to manage site-specific soil fertility management thanks to its capabilities of creating highly accurate, fine-resolution (e.g., 3 m) soil maps with uncertainty measures associated with soil property predictions. One approach to making soil maps with geospatial technologies is to build statistical models using machine learning (ML) based on the relationships between environmental covariates (e.g., digital terrain attributes, satellite,... C. Ferhatoglu, B.A. Miller |
9. Optimizing Nitrogen Inputs in Malting Barley ProductionIn 2024, North Dakota produced 14.6% of the United States 144 million bushels of barley. Nitrogen (N) availability is a key factor influencing production and as sustainability becomes a priority, reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through enhanced efficiency fertilizer is essential. This study evaluated the effect of N application source on spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) grain yield and quality, as well as estimating N use efficiency (NUE). Field trials took place in 2025 at... B. Goettl, M. Martinez De Souza |