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Nutrient Management

October 2, 2025

Nitrogen for Corn: N Credits — How Much?

By Richard Ferguson - Extension Soil Fertility Specialist, Guillermo Balboa - Nutrient Management and Digital Agriculture, Javed Iqbal - Extension Nutrient Management and Water Quality Specialist, Nicolás Cafaro La Menza – Cropping Systems Specialist, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Carolina Córdova - Department of Agronomy and Horticulture Assistant Professor and Statewide Soil Health Specialist, Bijesh Maharjan - Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist

September 25, 2025

Nitrogen for Corn: EONR — Does it Exist?

By Richard Ferguson - Extension Soil Fertility Specialist, Guillermo Balboa - Nutrient Management and Digital Agriculture, Javed Iqbal - Extension Nutrient Management and Water Quality Specialist, Nicolás Cafaro La Menza – Cropping Systems Specialist, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Carolina Córdova - Department of Agronomy and Horticulture Assistant Professor and Statewide Soil Health Specialist, Bijesh Maharjan - Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist

Nebraska map of NiRIA priority areas: Priority A (red) concentrated along the central Platte corridor and parts of the northeast and southwest; Priority B (gray) scattered in broad bands statewide; all other areas Priority C (pale yellow).

September 19, 2025

Nebraska’s Nitrogen Reduction Incentive Act (NiRIA) Program Opens for 2026 Applications

September 17, 2025

Nitrogen for Corn: 1.2 lb N Per Bushel — Where Did That Come From?

By Richard Ferguson - Extension Soil Fertility Specialist, Guillermo Balboa - Nutrient Management and Digital Agriculture, Javed Iqbal - Extension Nutrient Management and Water Quality Specialist, Nicolás Cafaro La Menza – Cropping Systems Specialist, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Carolina Córdova - Department of Agronomy and Horticulture Assistant Professor and Statewide Soil Health Specialist, Bijesh Maharjan - Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist

Tractor-mounted applicator injecting anhydrous ammonia into a no-till cornfield, with residue from the previous crop visible on the soil surface and tree line in the background under a clear blue sky.

February 22, 2017

Cutting Costs Without Hurting Yields? Check Fertilizer N Rates in Corn after Alfalfa

By Patricio Grassini - Professor of Agronomy and Horticulture, and Cropping Systems Specialist, Fatima Amor Tenorio - Agronomy Graduate Student, Bruce Anderson - Emeritus Extension Forage Specialist

September 9, 2025

Nitrogen for Corn: N Stress — How to Detect?

By Richard Ferguson - Extension Soil Fertility Specialist, Guillermo Balboa - Nutrient Management and Digital Agriculture, Javed Iqbal - Extension Nutrient Management and Water Quality Specialist, Nicolás Cafaro La Menza – Cropping Systems Specialist, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Carolina Córdova - Department of Agronomy and Horticulture Assistant Professor and Statewide Soil Health Specialist, Bijesh Maharjan - Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist

Closeup of hay bales wrapped in twine and stacked in a single line

August 22, 2025

What’s in Your Manure? Keeping Plastic and Other Junk Out of Your Fields

By Leslie Johnson - Animal Manure Management Extension Educator

tractor applying nitrogen to corn field

May 15, 2025

Moisture-driven Benefits of Dual-inhibitor Fertilizers in Nebraska Corn Systems

By Dipesh Giri - Graduate Student , Javed Iqbal - Extension Nutrient Management and Water Quality Specialist, Madhusudhan Adhikari - Graduate Student , Joe Luck - Extension Precision Agriculture Engineer, Bijesh Maharjan - Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist

tractor spraying nitrogen on field

May 8, 2025

Navigating the Nitrogen Fertilizer Supply Challenges to Sustain Crop Production in 2025

By Javed Iqbal - Extension Nutrient Management and Water Quality Specialist, Aaron Nygren - Extension Educator, Nicolás Cafaro La Menza – Cropping Systems Specialist, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Jessica Groskopf - Extension Educator for Agricultural Economics, Bijesh Maharjan - Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist, Guillermo Balboa - Nutrient Management and Digital Agriculture, Richard Ferguson - Extension Soil Fertility Specialist

nitrogen facts infographic

May 8, 2025

Ten Ways to Cut Nitrogen Fertilizer Expenses

By Javed Iqbal - Extension Nutrient Management and Water Quality Specialist, Nicolás Cafaro La Menza – Cropping Systems Specialist, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Guillermo Balboa - Nutrient Management and Digital Agriculture, Richard Ferguson - Extension Soil Fertility Specialist, Carolina Córdova - Department of Agronomy and Horticulture Assistant Professor and Statewide Soil Health Specialist, Bijesh Maharjan - Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist

center pivot watering field

May 2, 2025

Efficiency’s Role in Irrigation and Nitrogen Use

By Matt Stockton - Agricultural Economist, Shannon Sand - Agricultural Economics Extension Educator

side by side comparison of Yankee rye and Elbon rye

April 24, 2025

Root Biomass of Fall-planted Cover Crops in Northeast Nebraska

By Vesh R. Thapa - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Bridget McKinley - Former MS student, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Andrea Basche – Associate Professor, Grace E. Pacheco - Former MS student, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Katja Koehler-Cole - Extension Educator, Carolina Córdova - Department of Agronomy and Horticulture Assistant Professor and Statewide Soil Health Specialist, Amanda Easterly - Research Associate Professor, Nicolás Cafaro La Menza – Cropping Systems Specialist, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Mitiku Mamo - Former Extension Crops and Water Educator