Research Category: 2016

Demonstrating Optimal Nitrogen Rate and Timing Practices in a Corn-Soybean Rotation

(2016)
Wayne Dewall

This project will engage with an existing on-farm project designed to improve understanding of the impact of agricultural practices on water quality at both the field and small watershed scale. Current two-year edge of field monitoring indicates that an average of 51 lbs. per acre is lost from the field each year.

Interseeding Cover Crops While Applying In-Season Nitrogen

(2016)
Keith Hartmann

This project will build a 12-row, 30-inch row spacing, cover crop interseeder that can apply liquid nitrogen and seed a cover crop in one pass. This will expand upon ongoing farm research using a small scale prototype interseeder that was built using commonly sourced Yetter Manufacturing strip freshener units, incorporating the seeds and a Gandy seeder.