It won’t be easy, says Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie ... The right-time aspect requires understanding how much nitrogen (per day, week or month)corn plants take up at each stage ...
If corn was ever jealous of soybean's relationship with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, advancements in gene editing could one day level the playing field. A recent study from the University of Illinois ...
Ear count, not just population, makes corn yield. The first step to more ears per field is stand and ear counts ... static electricity at the meter combined with too little talcum or a planter ...
Utilizing too much nitrogen fertilizer can lead to crop damage, economic loss, volatility and leaching. On this week’s episode, an expert with AgroLiquid explains the importance of having a balanced ...
The researchers applied the products at planting during three field seasons using standard agronomic practices for corn, including nitrogen fertilizer at 0, 40, 80, 120, or 200 pounds per acre ...
The study is based on data collected from the ongoing field trial at Iowa ... clover or oats and replace most of the synthetic nitrogen fertilizer for corn with cattle manure.
“So what we have coming in is this great data set that evaluates how much nitrogen do you need, what’s the variation in your nitrogen need as you move though your field?” Ruark says farmers running ...