Nitrogen
This spring, Andrew set aside a portion of his field for three test trial plots — one of those includes Pivot Bio PROVEN™. Learn more about those real life experiences here.
For the 2020 season, Andrew McCrea wanted to see for himself if the new nitrogen application product, Pivot Bio PROVEN™, could really hold up to its catchphrase, “The nitrogen that stays put, weather or not.”
“Should I use a nitrogen stabilizer?” Simple question, but the answer is complex.
A web-based nitrogen fertilizer calculator for small grains has been updated and is available. Developed by Montana State University Extension, the tool works with winter wheat, spring wheat and barley produced after fallow. Available since 2009, the calculator was enhanced in 2015.
What you did this past fall, what you’re doing this spring and the plans you’re making for the summer will make a huge difference in the combine at the end of the year.
The nitrogen that stays put. The innovation farmers have been waiting for.
A bad decision with nitrogen won’t cost you yield; it will cost you cold, hard cash.
Regardless of your strategy, do everything you can to keep corn from having a bad day
There is nitrogen in snow. In fact, snows before or after the ground has thawed can yield some great benefits to your soil.
Harvest is coming to an end, and farmers will be looking at their nutrient programs to get better crops and higher yields in 2017.
Understand nitrogen loss, timing and placement to build the foundation for high yields
Supplying your corn crop’s critical early season nitrogen needs can make or break your yield.
At the beginning of the week, farmer Russell Boening of Poth, Texas tweeted a picture of nitrogen application, saying that planting for him is less than 30 days away. He farms roughly 40 miles southeast of San Antonio.
Add a pound of nitrogen, grow a bushel of corn. That simple rule of thumb that has governed thousands of fertility decisions over the years. But is it correct?
Matching yield goals to water supply lets you choose the right hybrids and populations for each management zone.
The freefall in the markets could spur some relief in input prices. Input insiders look into which inputs could see a price cut and which inputs could be in short supply.
You know as well as the next farmer fertilizer is critical to promote healthy, high-yielding crop growth.
New technology detects nitrogen stress using computer vision techniques that recognize characteristic features on plant leaves.
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By partnering with Planet, aerospace and data analytics company, Farmers Edge will offer satellite images more frequently—every one to three days.
Nutrient management is costly, especially if the weather makes it hard to fully utilize things like nitrogen.
Make the most of your nitrogen dollars by minding a few key factors from fall through harvest the following year.
Nitrogen test plots confirm right timing and placement of applications increase yields.
Soil health and efficient nitrogen use go hand in hand, but the relationship is complicated.
University of Illinois Extension and the Illinois Council on Best Management Practices (CBMP), in collaboration with other Midwest land-grant universities, developed a new tool to help farmers calculate the optimum nitrogen rate for corn.
Continuous no-till/strip-till, more efficient hybrids and auto-guidance help a father and son in their quest for efficiency
These good bugs partner with soybeans to increase nodulation and fix nitrogen.
Late-season nitrogen applications can pay off for corn growers—and irrigation makes it practical
In the 1980s, University of Illinois agronomist John D. Alexander devised a scale to determine a soil’s risk of nitrogen loss. It was based on the characteristics of natural soil drainage class, permeability, slope cl