by Mary Auth | Dec 4, 2018 | Featured, Investment Insights, Technical Information
In a field-size study area, Dr. Williard and his team are in the middle of a multi-year project at Southern Illinois University farms to look at relationships between cover crops and N availability to corn. What they have learned so far is that cereal rye is an...
by Mary Auth | Dec 4, 2018 | Featured, Investment Insights, Technical Information
Building upon past research, Dr. Schoonover and his team are demonstrating an alternative design of saturated buffers that address commonly encountered issues with the Best Management Practices (BMP) of saturated buffers. This new research will look at the alternative...
by Mary Auth | Dec 4, 2018 | Featured, Investment Insights, Technical Information
Current N management guidelines in Illinois are not adjusted for inclusion of cover crops especially with different cover crop termination dates. The termination date can influence the decomposition rate of cover crops in a corn cropping system and change the dynamics...
by Mary Auth | Dec 4, 2018 | Featured, Investment Insights, Technical Information
Understanding the influence of tile depth and spacing on nutrient loss – does depth or distance count for something? Research under way by Dr. Rabin Bhattarai from the University of Illinois leads a study investigating how tile depth and spacing variations...
by Mary Auth | Dec 4, 2018 | Featured, Investment Insights, Technical Information
Using cover crops shows the potential to reduce nutrient loss, but most of this research has been done at the plot or field scale levels. This project explores whether the use of cover crops can effectively be scaled up to the watershed – not just a field – and...
by Mary Auth | Dec 4, 2018 | Investment Insights
Dr. Andrew Margenot at the University of Illinois and his team are looking at the possibilities of recycling P for use on agricultural fields. This new research is an enhancement of research by Dr. Margenot where he is looking at slow release P fertilizers to increase...
