Scott Nelson presents his work on Overcoming the Yield Gap in Corn Following Cover Crops with Fluid Fertilizer. The project The hypothesis and logic of this project are as follows: Cover crops and high residue no-till management similarly immobilize nitrogen and other key macro nutrients during early yield formation stages in corn. This immobilization can reduce yield, and therefore prevent farmers from using these practices with corn. Preliminary observations and previous research suggest that this immobilization can be overcome with…

Modifying Starter Fertilizer Placement to Increase Effectiveness Dr. McGrath will be reporting on his Fluid Fertilizer Foundation sponsored study Modifying Starter Fertilizer Placement to Increase Effectiveness. This is first year FFF has been involved with this project and we are excited to see how this novel research is playing out. Traditionally, growers have managed fertilizer placement at planting in two dimensions, namely manipulating fertilizer distance from the seed in the horizontal and vertical directions. However, recent advances in fertilizer delivery…

Raj Khosla will be presenting his 2020 data from the project "Precision Nitrogen Management Strategies to Increase Profitability and Sustainability of Irrigated Cropping Systems" In traditional farming systems farmers choose to manage nitrogen (N) fertilizer at a uniform rate across a field based on an average yield goal. Dr. Steve Stokes, the opening Keynote speaker at a recent Info-Ag conference made a profound statement: “When you manage the “average” you miss your target 100% percent of the time”. Management decisions…

Jim Camberato, Purdue University, will be presenting a compilation of findings on this broad topic of Biologicals and Biostimulants. 0.5 CCA Credits in Crop Management are available Click here to register.