NREC tile study surfaces unexpected results in 2019
University of Illinois researchers delving into the interaction of nitrogen and corn and soybean production continue learning more about a complex system.
“We need to explain to people on the outside looking in. (Nitrogen losses) are not simply farmers overapplying fertilizer,” said Lowell Gentry, U of I agriculture researcher. Gentry shared his latest research results at a recent Nutrient Research and Education Council Investment Insight Program in Champaign.
NREC tile study surfaces unexpected results in 2019
Nitrogen “is a lot more complicated,” Gentry added.
Gentry highlighted in-field nitrogen trials on Douglas County corn and soybean fields. His study involved nitrogen application timing, rates and sources, along with cover crops in a corn-soybean rotation. The farmer strip-tills before a corn crop and no-tills his soybeans.
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“We need to explain to people on the outside looking in. (Nitrogen losses) are not simply farmers overapplying fertilizer,” said Lowell Gentry, U of I agriculture researcher. Gentry shared his latest research results at a recent Nutrient Research and Education Council Investment Insight Program in Champaign.
NREC tile study surfaces unexpected results in 2019
Nitrogen “is a lot more complicated,” Gentry added.
Gentry highlighted in-field nitrogen trials on Douglas County corn and soybean fields. His study involved nitrogen application timing, rates and sources, along with cover crops in a corn-soybean rotation. The farmer strip-tills before a corn crop and no-tills his soybeans.
Click Here to read more.