Research Category: Innovation Grants

Testing the effectiveness of microbials and fertility management (New)

(2023)
Farmer/Jake Hicks

The project will be conducted on a three farm in Gales Township that has both high and low fertility areas. The high and low fertility rates would come from the top and the bottom of University of Minnesota MTRN (maximum return to N value) range to compare the performance of crops treated with the three microbial products (Pivot Bio,

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Evaluation of in-furrow compost extract in corn

(2023)
Farmer/Mark Enninga

This proposed MN Corn Growers Innovation Grant aims to evaluate the use of in-furrow compost extract (CE) in corn production. The novel concept of using compost as a microbial inoculant has recently become a more widely discussed topic in many ag online forums,

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Purification of procyanidins for nitrous oxide reduction in corn fields (New)

(2023)
University of Minnesota/CheJen Hsiao, Tim Griffis

Strategies for N loss reduction while maintaining crop productivity are crucial in developing sustainable agriculture. Our research has shown that procyanidins can significantly reduce denitrification enzyme activity (DEA) and thus N2O emissions in soils from Minnesota corn fields by 10- 80%,

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