Multiyear field trials in Douglas County were conducted to find answers to the complexities of nitrogen management in tile-drained fields.
 
The trials were funded by the Illinois Nutrient Research and Education Council and led by University of Illinois and Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association researchers and participating farmers, Dick Searls and Eric Miller.
 
Lowell Gentry, U of I principal research specialist in agriculture, natural resources and environmental sciences and a project lead, presented five years of data at NREC’s Investment Insight forum.
 
“The objective of this NREC study is to evaluate when and how tile nitrate losses occur in corn/soybean rotations,” Gentry said.
 
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