Harnessing Residual Soil Nitrogen Following a Dry Season: The Key to Smarter Fertilizer Planning for the Coming Season
November 7, 2024
As farmers look toward the 2025 season, higher residual nitrogen levels in the soil from this year's dry conditions might offer a valuable opportunity to optimize fertilizer planning, in turn reducing production costs and improving yields.
Nitrogen Management Suggestions for Corn Updated in EC117, EC155, and EC2008
May 9, 2024
The updated publications provide information about UNL's newly developed web-based nitrogen (N) recommendation tool for corn grain, adapted from extension's previous N recommendation equation.
Nitrogen Fertilizer Trends in Nebraska from 1955-2023
April 16, 2024
This Nebraska Extension article highlights the impact of factors such as plant genetics and improved production practices to fertilizer consumption in Nebraska over numerous decades.
Coal Char Enhances Manure and Soil Management to Improve Crop Production
April 11, 2024
A byproduct of processing sugarbeets, coal char has the potential to optimize soil nutrients and increase crop yields. In this article, UNL researchers share results of a study on incorporating coal char amendments into corn and dry bean cropland.
How Can a Warm Winter and Spring Affect Nitrogen Availability for the Upcoming Crop?
April 3, 2024
With a warmer start to the 2024 growing season, more nitrogen could be available in the soil. To estimate the amount of fertilizer N to apply this year, extension educators review how to conduct a late spring soil nitrate test.
Fertilizer-nitrogen Injury to Corn
May 17, 2023
Nebraska Extension recommendations on minimizing crop injury from anhydrous ammonia applications.
Manure Improves Soil Health and Provides Yield Stability and Reliability
March 17, 2023
UNL researchers share their results after 77 years of applying manure to soil at the Knorr-Holden plot, the oldest experimental irrigated corn plot in North America.
Understanding Soil Residual Nitrogen and its Dollar Value for Next Crop
March 14, 2023
For producers planning corn-on-corn this growing season, there may be a substantial opportunity to reduce nitrogen fertilizer applications, as drought and reduced yields likely left higher-than-normal residual N in many fields.