What better way to develop or refresh your fertilizer know-how than with a resource targeted specifically to Nebraska soils and crops.
The 176-page UNL Extension Nutrient Management for Agronomic Crops in Nebraska (EC 155) is designed to provide in-depth information targeted to Nebraska’s crops, soils and major nutrient management issues and can be a ready information source for your operation. It provides nutrient recommendations for all of Nebraska’s major agronomic crops in a single resource.
The manual is divided into two major sections. The first section focuses on basic principles of soil fertility for the primary, secondary, and micro nutrients, as well as chemical and physical properties of soil and soil management. Typical divisions within a chapter include: availability, forms and sources of the nutrient, deficiency symptoms, crop sensitivities, and recommendations. Chapters include: Nitrogen (view this chapter on-line), phosphorus, calcium and magnesium, sulfur, micronutrients, pH and liming, manure and organic residual management, and soil testing and nutrient recommendations.
The second section devotes a chapter to nutrient management for each of the state’s major agronomic crops, with information on current fertilizer recommendations for each. Chapters include: Corn (view this chapter on-line), winter wheat, grain and silage sorghum, oats and spring grains, alfalfa, dry edible beans, soybean, sugar beets, sunflower, millet, grass pastures and hayland, popcorn, and potatoes.
Written by soil fertility faculty in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, it is a valuable resource for producers, crop consultants, fertilizer dealers and others involved with crop production in Nebraska. It includes research results and time-tested recommendations. With color photographs, illustrations and 90 tables, information is well-organized, indexed and easily accessible as a learning tool for in-depth study or a companion reference for field application. The Nitrogen Chapter available online is from Section I, which is organized by nutrient, and the Corn Chapter is from Section II, which is organized by crop.
The cost of this publication is $12. To get your copy of Extension Circular EC155 contact your local Extension office or the UNL Extension Publications Warehouse, Box 830918, Lincoln, NE 68583-0918 or call (402) 472-9712.
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