2020
Next Generation On-Farm Research Initiative
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Nebraska Soybean Board
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Field management Nutrient managementSoil healthTillageYield trials
Parent Project:
Next Generation On-Farm Research Initiative
Lead Principal Investigator:
Laura Thompson, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
1718
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Nebraska Soybean Board
$32,550
Institution Funded:
University of Nebraska
$32,550
Brief Project Summary:

The Nebraska On-Farm Research Network is a University of Nebraska Extension program that started in 1989. The Nebraska Soybean Board played a key role in starting the program and has financially supported the program since 2014. The program works with farmers across the state, allowing them to test different products, practices or technology on their farms, with their own equipment and under their growing environments, working with Extension to design the studies. Extension educators set up the research protocols, collect data, analyze results and prepare an annual research report for the public.

Key Benefactors:
Nebraska soybean farmers

Information And Results
Project Deliverables

1. Identify research protocols and data collection processes that leverage on-farm research using contemporary precision agriculture technologies and pursue meaningful research collaborations with extension faculty (2020).
2. Engage NSB (and NCB) in prioritization of on-farm research priorities (2020).
3. Develop relationships with soybean (and corn) growers that are engaged and interested in on-farm research discoveries (2020).
4. Establish relationships with UNL faculty focused on “big data” management and analysis (2020)
5. Develop relationships with industry professionals allowing for increased collaboration on research projects (2020)
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 (2020).
7. Research-based results will be used by soybean (and corn) growers to enhance profitability and sustainability of their respective operations and commodity industries (2020 and beyond).
8. An on-going evaluation assessment of program impact will be developed and implemented annually with a sampling of the Nebraska On-Farm Research Network (NOFRN) (2020).

Final Project Results

Updated February 12, 2021:

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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.