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Evaluating Your Crops After Tough Spring Weather

Scout your fields, manage weeds proactively and provide timely applications of nutrients if you want to reach or exceed your yield goals this year.
By Daniel Davidson posted on July 1, 2014 | Posted in Nutrient Management
On our farm in northeast Nebraska, both corn and soybeans were planted in a timely manner — by May 10 — after a cold, dry and open winter and then a dry and cold spring.
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No-Till Practices Yield ‘Win-Win’ For Nutrient Use

No-tillers honored as Responsible Nutrient Management Practitioners share how data management, cover crops, split applications and tissue testing helped them increase yields more efficiently.
By No-Till Farmer Editors posted on April 1, 2014 | Posted in Nutrient Management
Three innovative no-till farm operations were recognized by the Responsible Nutrient Management Foundation during the National No-Tillage Conference in Springfield, Ill.
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Phosphorus, Potassium Fertilizer Recommendations For High-Yielding Soybeans

March 17, 2014 | Posted in Soil Health
Source: By Mike Staton, Michigan State University Extension
The keys to maximizing the economic returns from phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) fertilizer applications are a comprehensive soil testing program and maintaining P and K soil test levels above their respective critical levels. The critical level for a given nutrient is the soil test level at which 95% to 97% of the crop’s yield potential will be reached with no additional inputs of the nutrient.
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Acid Soils Jeopardize Alfalfa Seedlings

March 14, 2014 | Posted in Soil Health
Source: By Bruce Anderson, Extension Forage Specialist, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
If you're planning on seeding new alfalfa into ground that has been in row crops for many years, it’s wise to get a "special" soil test before planting.
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Tips For Getting More From Your ‘P And K’

Building healthier no-till soils, frequent soil testing and other readily available products and practices can help no-tillers stretch their fertility dollars further, regardless of their application system.
By Mark Parker posted on November 1, 2013 | Posted in Residue Management, Nutrient Management
The price tag for phosphorus and potassium is way too high for no-tillers to allow nutrients to tie up, float away or just plain not do their job effectively.
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