Conducting on-farm research can help provide the reliable answers you need to make decisions for your operation with confidence.
Soybean Seeding Rate
Russ Robertson and employee Dave Bassett farm corn and soybeans south of Lincoln. Their research project looked at soybean seeding rates to determine the optimum seeding rate and how that rate might vary in different portions of the field, paving the way for future implementation of variable-rate soybean planting.
“People are already implementing variable rate corn and fertilizer. I think this is where farming is going – integrating variable rate soybeans,” Bassett said. “The goal is put the right amount of seed on the right acres.”
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Nitrification Inhibitors
Ron Makovicka of York is a long-time participant in the Nebraska On-Farm Research Network. This year, Makovicka and a neighbor, Jerry Stahr, both
tested a nitrification inhibitor with their anhydrous ammonia applications.
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Cover Crop Interseeding
Jay Goertzen farms irrigated corn and soybeans near Henderson. For his first project with the Nebraska On-Farm Research Network, he evaluated cover crops interseeded into V5-V6 corn.
“I’ve been interested in trying to interseed cover crops for quite a while but never pulled the trigger,” Goertzen said.