Several livestock producers have inquired about applying liquid dairy or swine manure to newly planted wheat fields using a drag hose. The thought process is that the fields are firm (dry), there is very little rain in the nearby forecast, and the moisture in the manure could help with wheat germination and emergence. The manure […]

Combines are one of the largest machines on a farm. They remove crops from fields and separate grain from other material to be spread back in the field. However, combines retain a significant amount of material following the harvest of just one field. “They can have as much as 150 pounds of biomaterial, including chaff, […]

In certain parts of Minnesota, recent research has shown that less nitrogen (N) fertilizer is needed in order to achieve an economically-optimal rate for corn. One possible explanation is that more N is falling on fields in rain and snowfall and being stored in the soil for the crop to use. To test this hypothesis, […]