Now available free on-line at the UNL Extension Publications Web site or by ordering the softcover book.

Nutrient management can have a significant impact on your crop and your bottom line. Learn more about its specific application in Nebraska and how to develop a strategy for your operation in Nutrient Management for Agronomic Crops in Nebraska.

A thorough understanding of nutrient management for field crops can help you better manage input costs while ensuring your crop gets the nutrients it needs when it needs them. A new book from the University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension is designed to provide indepth information targeted to Nebraska’s crops, soils and major nutrient management issues.

The 176-page “Nutrient Management for Agronomic Crops in Nebraska” provides nutrient recommendations for all of Nebraska’s major agronomic crops in a single resource. The manual contains two components – a section outlining nutrient management principles and key information on macro and micro nutrients and a section containing fertilizer needs, strategies and recommendations for specific crops.

Written by soil fertility faculty in the University of Nebraska 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 time-tested recommendations as well as research results and new information and recommendations for wheat. With color photographs, illustrations and 90 tables, information is well-organized, indexed and easily accessible as a learning tool for indepth study or a companion reference for field application.

Book Chapters The following list of book chapters shows the range of information included.
Section I -- Principles of Fertility	Section II – Agronomic Crops
This 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 Phosphorus Potassium Calcium and Magnesium Sulfur Micronutrients pH and Liming Manure and Organic Residual Management Soil Testing and Nutrient Recommendations	This 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 Winter Wheat Grain and Silage Sorghum Oats and Spring Grains Alfalfa Dry Edible Beans Soybean Sugar Beets Sunflower Millet Grass Pastures and Hayland Popcorn Potatoes

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	Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Elbert C. Dickey, Dean and Director of Extension, University of Nebraska, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
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