2018
Soybean Row Spacing and Nitrogen Management On-Farm Research in Nebraska
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Nebraska Soybean Board
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Field management Nutrient managementSoil healthTillageYield trials
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Strahinja Stepanovic, University of Nebraska
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
1730
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Nebraska Soybean Board
$8,484
Institution Funded:
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
$8,484
Brief Project Summary:

An agronomist at the University of Nebraska has been studying methods to improve soybean fertility in western Nebraska. Area farmers are hesitant to add soybeans to their crop rotations, mostly due to economics and the unknowns of soybean management. The agronomist conducted several on-farm and research plot studies evaluating planting date, nitrogen application, seeding rates, row spacing and fertility. The results identified management practices that could help growers save money, such as reducing seeding rates, not applying nitrogen late in the growing season, and inoculating the crop, especially in higher pH soils. The best planting date is before May 1.

Key Benefactors:
Soybean farmers

Information And Results
Project Deliverables

(1) cooperating farmers will have increased awareness of soybean as an important crop for increasing agriculture sustainability and will make management decisions based on unbiased field research from Nebraska farms (short-term goal),
(2) other farmers throughout the region will adopt these best management practices to maximize soybean production in a semi-arid climate (intermediate goal), and
(3) farmers in semi-arid climates will increase soybean acreage, enhance profitability, and implement environmental stewardship practices that benefit the soybean industry as a whole (long-term goal).

Final Project Results

Updated January 24, 2019:

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