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Nebraska On-Farm Research Network research results update meetings, Feb. 25 or 26

The annual Nebraska On-Farm Research Network research results update meetings will be offered in-person and online in 2021. Farm operators and agronomists from across the state will obtain valuable crop production-related information from on-farm research projects conducted on Nebraska farms by Nebraska farmers in partnership with University of Nebraska faculty. These research projects cover products, […]
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Spring chloride and sulfur for wheat

As spring approaches and winter wheat begins to green up, agronomists and farmers still have the opportunity to stimulate spring tillering on late-planted fields or those fields with thin stands with early nitrogen. If not applied in the fall, two other key nutrients, chloride and sulfur, can be included at green up during the early […]
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Phosphorus Management Proficiency: Philosophies or approaches

soil phosphorus
Last week I introduced the new extended series on phosphorus (P) management proficiency. This week I am writing about differing philosophies or approaches in managing phosphorus (P). The two major approaches are sufficiency and build-maintain. The sufficiency approach, also called deficiency correction, attempts to eliminate plant P deficiency in the current growing season based on […]
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