Recently Published Paper on NREC Study Looking at Diverse Rotation
IFCA has been working closely with University of Illinois researchers for over a decade now, studying many of the practices listed in the Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy. One of these projects, A diverse rotation of corn-soybean-winter wheat/double crop soybean with cereal rye after corn reduces tile nitrate loss, measured tile flow and tile nitrate concentrations from 2015 through 2023. This nine-year study, funded by the Illinois Nutrient Research and Education Council, was recently published to Frontiers by Principal Researcher Lowell Gentry. The study demonstrated proof of concept that a more diverse crop rotation can reduce tile nitrate loss from fields to streams, while maintaining crop productivity. Click here to view the research paper or click here to visit Frontiers website to view the published paper.