New technologies and big data are pushing precision agriculture advancements at a rapid pace, to a point that it is hard to make adjustments and keep up. While not all of these technologies and tools work in every situation, being receptive to adapting new management strategies can be critical to the success of a farm operation.
Research Category: 2017
Nitrogen Management on Fall Manure Applied Fields Using Intensive Grid Nitrate Sampling and Nitrogen Modeling
While manure is a great source of many nutrients when growing corn, the natural variability of nutrient concentrations can create challenge. The nutrient management plan used on these fields should be different than fields utilizing strictly commercial fertilizer.
Impact of Fungicide Application on Nitrogen Use Efficiency on a Continuous Corn System with and without Fall Manure Application
Traditionally in a continuous corn rotation a nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) of between 1.0-1.2 pounds of nitrogen is considered standard. Prior to using PSNT to determine sidedress nitrogen rates this was the NUE observed on this farm.
Fine Tuning Nitrogen Requirements for Economically Growing a Corn Crop
My objective in requesting this grant is to fine tune my nitrogen requirements to grow a com crop and not leave valuable nutrients susceptible to leaching. I would like to compare the value in different Nitrogen Management decision tools.
Examination of Zone Tillage versus Conventional Tillage
BWT this year will be looking at the how “zone tillage” with a 3 coulter cart will affect the soils ability to infiltrate water and reduce surface run off while in a corn on corn situation versus the current SOP of tillage on corn.