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Bijesh Maharjan - Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist

Corn leaves showing signs of nitrogen deficiency

April 19, 2018

Nitrogen Fertilizer Stabilizers in Corn

By Leonardo Bastos - Agronomy Graduate Research Assistant, Bijesh Maharjan - Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist, Charles Wortmann - Emeritus Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist, Richard Ferguson - Extension Soil Fertility Specialist

Figure 1. Coal combustion residue is being mixed into manure for land application.

April 11, 2018

Improving the Efficiency of Applied Organic N

By Charles Wortmann - Emeritus Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist, Bijesh Maharjan - Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist

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April 5, 2018

What's New with S Fertilizer Use?

By Charles Wortmann - Emeritus Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist, Bijesh Maharjan - Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist

Figure 1. Aerial imagery was collected at bean emergence using a drone. All dark green rows correspond to plots with different rates of char (10, 20, 30, 40, and 60 tons/acre).

February 22, 2018

Coal Combustion Residue: A Potential Soil Amendment

By Bijesh Maharjan - Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist, Humberto Blanco - Professor of Soil Science, Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist, Nevin Lawrence - Integrated Weed Management Specialist

Figure 1. Land-applied manure from finishing 5 million beef cattle per year in Nebraska contains the equivalent of 150 lb/ac/yr N applied to 1.2 million acres.

January 8, 2018

Fertilizer N Substitution Values of Land-Applied Organic Materials

By Charles Wortmann - Emeritus Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist, Tim Shaver - Extension Nutrient Management Specialist, Juan Pablo Garcia - Graduate Student, Charles Shapiro - Extension Soil Scientist—Crop Nutrition, Bijesh Maharjan - Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist, Brian Krienke - Former Soils Extension Educator

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January 8, 2018

Improved Use Efficiency of Applied Organic Nitrogen

By Charles Wortmann - Emeritus Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist, Tim Shaver - Extension Nutrient Management Specialist, Juan Pablo Garcia - Graduate Student, Charles Shapiro - Extension Soil Scientist—Crop Nutrition, Bijesh Maharjan - Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist, Brian Krienke - Former Soils Extension Educator

Land-applied manure

January 8, 2018

Adaptation of Canopy Sensor-Guided In-Season Nitrogen Application for Manured Fields

By Charles Wortmann - Emeritus Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist, Tim Shaver - Extension Nutrient Management Specialist, Juan Pablo Garcia - Graduate Student, Charles Shapiro - Extension Soil Scientist—Crop Nutrition, Bijesh Maharjan - Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist, Brian Krienke - Former Soils Extension Educator

Wheat

August 29, 2017

Fertilizer Management for Winter Wheat

By Bijesh Maharjan - Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist, Richard Ferguson - Extension Soil Fertility Specialist, Charles Shapiro - Extension Soil Scientist—Crop Nutrition, Charles Wortmann - Emeritus Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist, Tim Shaver - Extension Nutrient Management Specialist, Brian Krienke - Former Soils Extension Educator

cropwatch graphic

January 6, 2017

The Long View of Nitrogen Recommendations from Nebraska Extension

By Charles Shapiro - Extension Soil Scientist—Crop Nutrition, Charles Wortmann - Emeritus Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist, Richard Ferguson - Extension Soil Fertility Specialist, Tim Shaver - Extension Nutrient Management Specialist, Brian Krienke - Former Soils Extension Educator, Bijesh Maharjan - Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist, Gary Hergert - Emeritus Soil Nutrient Management Specialist