2022
Nebraska Extension On-Farm Research Initiative
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Nebraska Soybean Board
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Industry outreachResearch Coordination
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Laura Thompson, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
1718
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Nebraska Soybean Board
$34,659
Institution Funded:
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
$34,659
Brief Project Summary:

This proposal builds upon efforts of the Nebraska Soybean Board’s (NSB) partnership with Nebraska Extension to establish an on-farm research network in 1989 and the partnership with the Nebraska Corn Board (NCB), Nebraska Corn Growers Association (NCGA), and Nebraska Dry Bean Commission (NDBC) to build the Nebraska On-Farm Research Network (NOFRN), 2012-present. The NOFRN utilizes co-learning to provide a highly impactful research and education experience. In 2020, despite COVID related challenges, NOFRN has continued in an upward trajectory; an anticipated 100+ studies will be completed, on par with 2019. The results update meetings are expanding to new geographic locations and continue...

Unique Keywords:
#research coordination
Information And Results
Project Deliverables

Timeline and milestones for research:
1. Identify research protocols and data collection processes that leverage on-farm research using contemporary precision agriculture technologies and pursue meaningful research collaborations with UNL faculty (2022).
2. Engage NSB in prioritization of on-farm research priorities (2022).
3. Develop relationships with growers that are engaged and interested in on-farm research discoveries (2022).
4. Establish relationships with UNL faculty focused on “big data” management and analysis (2022)
5. Develop relationships with industry professionals allowing for increased collaboration on research projects (2022)
6. Disseminate research results in a variety of modes: web, social media, print, electronic, in-person meetings and field days, and applied academic agronomy journals (2022).
7. Research-based results will be used by soybean (and corn) growers to enhance profitability and sustainability of their respective operations and commodity industries (2022 and beyond).
8. An on-going evaluation assessment of program impact will be developed and implemented annually with a sampling of the NOFRN (2022).

Technology Transfer:
1. Continued use and development of social media, web-based platforms (including the NOFRN website and new research archive database), mobile app, and multimedia that are conveniently accessed.
2. Commodity Board and Association news releases and member networks.
3. NSB, NCB/NCGA and Nebraska Extension will jointly sponsor annual interactive educational programs to facilitate sharing and dialogue around on-farm research data and results.
4. Share research discoveries at field days, tours, conferences, workshops and online using newly developed tools for research dissemination.
5. Market Journal Television, Extension TV, and traditional media sources (ie. Radio, peer-reviewed applied research journals, and print media).

Final Project Results

Updated May 26, 2023:

View uploaded report PDF file

The United Soybean Research Retention policy will display final reports with the project once completed but working files will be purged after three years. And financial information after seven years. All pertinent information is in the final report or if you want more information, please contact the project lead at your state soybean organization or principal investigator listed on the project.