2017
UMN-Maximizing Soil Warming and Health Under Different Tillage Practices in a Corn-Soybean Rotation and Corresponding Field Days
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Field management Soil healthTillage
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Jodi DeJong-Hughes, University of Minnesota
Co-Principal Investigators:
Aaron Daigh, North Dakota State University
Project Code:
509-7506
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council
$26,075
Leveraged Funding (Non-Checkoff):
Minnesota Corn Growers Association $26,000, ND Corn and Soybean Councils $114,860
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Institution Funded:
University of Minnesota
$26,075
Brief Project Summary:

This proposal includes two aspects of research and promotion for soil health. 1. Applied tillage research trials at three locations that incorporate a side dress, cover crops treatment, and 2. Extension of the data at a large soil health field day in June, a Strip Till Expo in September, and a large December conference, along with Ag articles and videos created.
Advantages to a reduction in tillage can include improved aggregation and water infiltration, reduced soil loss and increased organic matter, biological populations in the soil and aggressive tillage can potentially increase root diseases that are favored by warmer soils. Concern about yield reductions due to cool and wet soil conditions...

Unique Keywords:
#soil and tillage management
Information And Results
Project Deliverables

Extension: Circulars and videos will be produced based on information obtained during years one through four of this study. Additionally, information obtained during years one through four will be presented at multiple field days and workshops through a cooperative effort of NDSU and UMN Extension. This will draw producers from both states and increase our ability to reach multiple producers.

Final Project Results

Updated May 18, 2020:

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