2019
Evaluation of Micronutrient Timings
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Contributor/Checkoff:
North Carolina Soybean Producers Association
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
GeneticsGenomicsSeed quality
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Katherine Drake Stowe, US Soybean Research Collaborative
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
P19-021
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
North Carolina Soybean Producers Association
$50,000
Institution Funded:
North Carolina State University
$50,000
Brief Project Summary:

Soybean producers and consultants are always looking for ways to boost yields by incorporating new practices or products into a crop management plan. In the current agricultural marketplace, there are many options for macro/micro-nutrient fertility, either as liquid foliar products or dry fertilizer products incorporated with preplant fertilizer blends. Therefore, the goal of this research study is to evaluate the agronomic and economic aspects of supplemental applications of macro/micro-nutrient fertilizer products in soybean at those timings.

Key Benefactors:
farmers, agronomists, extension agents

Information And Results
Project Deliverables

Final Project Results

The economic results of this study show that certain macro/micro-nutrient compounds do not always net a positive return on investment. Further research is warranted to provide multi-year data to determine repeatability across the geographies and environments tested in 2019. It would also be worth exploring a “systems” based trial looking at rates, timings, and combinations with the compounds that achieved a positive return on investment in this years’ study.

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.