Idaho Crops & Soils Newsletter - Issue 21

Liquid Nitrogen Fertilizers in Wheat - New Article

International
Journal of Agronomy




Volume 2016 (2016), Article ID 6850672, 9 pages

http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6850672







Research
Article




Relative Efficacy of Liquid Nitrogen Fertilizers in Dryland Spring Wheat







Olga S. Walsh1 and Robin J. Christiaens2



1Department
of Plant, Soil, and Entomological Sciences, Southwest Research and Extension
Center, University of Idaho, 29603 U of I Lane, Parma, ID 83660, USA

2Private Enterprise, University of Idaho, 29603 U of I Lane, Parma, ID 83660,
USA





Received
4 May 2016; Accepted 24 August 2016

Academic
Editor: David Clay

Copyright
© 2016 Olga S. Walsh and Robin J. Christiaens. This is an open access article
distributed under the Creative
Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution,
and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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AGENDA - Nitrogen Use Efficiency conference - August 8-10, 2016, Boise ID

Cover Crop Study, Parma ID

Objective: To evaluate cover crops for improved soil health in silage corn cropping system in Idaho

Collaborator: Drs. Terry Tindall, and Galen Mooso, JR Simplot Company

Trt	Cropping	Cover crop	Fertilizer source	Fertilizer
1	Conventional till corn	NO	urea	50% @ seeding + 50% at V8
2	Conventional till corn	NO	compost	@10 T/ac
3	Conventional till corn	YES, @V4	urea	50% @ seeding + 50% at V8
4	Conventional till corn	YES, @V8	urea	50% @ seeding + 50% at V8
5	No-Till corn	YES, post-corn harvest	urea	50% @ seeding + 50% at V8

High diversity mix used in our study:

Legumes: Common Vetch (9%), Spring Lentils (9%), Cowpeas (9%), Arrowleaf Clover (3%),Crimson Clover (3%), Sunn Hemp (3%)
Grasses: Spring Oat (24%), Cereal Rye (6%),Pearl Millet (3%), Sorghum Sudan (3%)
Brassicas: Nitro Radish (3%), African Cabbage (3%), Purple Top Turnip (3%), Impact Forage Collards (3%) 
Other Broadleaves: Buckwheat (6%), Flax (6%), Phacelia (3%), Sunflower (3%)

Agricultural Technician - Appreciation Award

Our ag technician - Jordan McClintick-Chess - has been recognized for outstanding performance and excellent contribution to Cropping Systems Agronomy program  at June 20, 2016 Cropping Systems Agronomy field day, University of Idaho, Parma R&E Center.