UNL is Helping Build a Tool to Optimize Soybean Management Decisions
June 9, 2022
UNL is seeking producers willing to provide field and management data that will be used in the development of a new online cropping system optimization decision tool for soybean farmers.
Recommendations for Implementing and Fertilizing Skip-Row Planting
March 2, 2017
Skip-row corn planting offers yield benefits in dryland fields, as documented by several years of University of Nebraska-Lincoln trials. This article, one of two this week looking at skip-row planting corn, offers recommendations for implementing the system in dryland corn production.
Skip-Row Corn Provides Improved Drought Tolerance in Dryland Corn
March 1, 2017
Research in Nebraska over a number of years has documented how skip-row corn can offer yield benefits in dryland production systems. Because water in the soil between widely spaced rows cannot be reached by the crop until later in the season, the water is available July and August, when plants are in the silking to blister stages and particularly sensitive to drought stress.