Registration is $50 and includes materials and noon meal. For more information go to www.uwdiscoveryfarms.org or call 715.983.5668 9:00 a.m. Registration 9:30 a.m. Nitrogen: 50 Years of Progress Dr. Robert Hoeft, University of Illinois and Illinois Nutrient Research and Education Council (NREC) 10:15 a.m. How efficient is your nitrogen program? Assessing Nitrogen Use Efficiency on your farm Dr. Cliff Snyder, International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI) 11:00 a.m. Break 11:15 a.m. Predicting In-Season Nitrogen with New Technologies Jason Fussy, Centrol Crop Consulting 11:45 a.m. Understanding Products that Work in Nitrogen Management Dr. George Rehm, Discovery Farms Minnesota 12:15 p.m. Lunch 1:00 p.m. Cover Crops and Nitrogen Cycling Dr. Matt Ruark, UW-Madison Department of Soil Science and UW-Extension 1:30 p.m. Tile Drainage and Nitrogen Loss in Wisconsin Eric Cooley, Wisconsin Discovery Farms 2:00 p.m. Break 2:15 p.m. Panel Discussion: Managing Nitrogen with Manure Farmers, farm consultants, and nitrogen and manure researchers will describe their experiences and offer tips on managing nitrogen so more stays in the field. 3:15 p.m. Wrap Up 3:30 p.m. End of Conference 4 CEUs Available (3.5 Nutrient Management, 0.5 Soil & Water Management) Managing Nitrogen: More for the Plant, Less Leaving the Field December 9th, 2014 • 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. The Wilderness—Glacier Canyon Conference Center Wisconsin Dells, WI
Transcript
Registration is $50 and includes materials and noon meal.For more information go to www.uwdiscoveryfarms.org or call 715.983.5668
9:00 a.m. Registration9:30 a.m. Nitrogen: 50 Years of Progress
Dr. Robert Hoeft, University of Illinois and Illinois Nutrient Research and Education Council (NREC)
10:15 a.m. How efficient is your nitrogen program? Assessing Nitrogen Use Efficiency on your farm Dr. Cliff Snyder, International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI)
11:00 a.m. Break11:15 a.m. Predicting In-Season Nitrogen with New Technologies
Jason Fussy, Centrol Crop Consulting11:45 a.m. Understanding Products that Work in Nitrogen Management
Dr. George Rehm, Discovery Farms Minnesota12:15 p.m. Lunch1:00 p.m. Cover Crops and Nitrogen Cycling
Dr. Matt Ruark, UW-Madison Department of Soil Science and UW-Extension
1:30 p.m. Tile Drainage and Nitrogen Loss in Wisconsin Eric Cooley, Wisconsin Discovery Farms
2:00 p.m. Break2:15 p.m. Panel Discussion: Managing Nitrogen with Manure
Farmers, farm consultants, and nitrogen and manure researchers will describe their experiences and offer tips on managing nitrogen so more stays in the field.
3:15 p.m. Wrap Up3:30 p.m. End of Conference
4 CEUs Available (3.5 Nutrient Management, 0.5 Soil & Water Management)
Managing Nitrogen: More for the Plant,
Less Leaving the FieldDecember 9th, 2014 • 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
The Wilderness—Glacier Canyon Conference CenterWisconsin Dells, WI
Dr. Robert G. Hoeft is a native of Nebraska and graduate of UW Madison in Soil Science. For over 40 years, his extension and research programs at the University of Illinois were devoted to proper fertilizer use to optimize crop production and
minimize adverse effects on the environment. Farmers and their advisors traveled long distances to learn how the latest soil fertility research information could be applied to their farming operations. He is co-author of the world’s most widely used corn and soybean book, Modern Corn and Soybean Production. Dr. Hoeft is Professor Emeritus of Soil Fertility at the University of Illinois and Research Coordinator for the Illinois Nutrient Research and Education Council.
Dr. Clifford S. (Cliff) Snyder has served as the Nitrogen Program Director for the International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI) since 2007, and is an adjunct professor in the Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences Department at the
University of Arkansas. His current responsibilities include coordinating North American and international efforts of IPNI dealing with environmental issues related to nitrogen fertilizer use in agriculture. From 1995 to 2007 he was the Midsouth and Southeast Director for the Potash & Phosphate Institute. Dr. Snyder received his Ph.D. in Soil Science and Forestry at North Carolina State University in 1984; and a M.S. in Agronomy in 1980, and B.S. in Agriculture in 1978; both at the University of Arkansas. He is also a Certified Crop Adviser. Dr. Snyder is married, has two children and a granddaughter, and resides in Conway, Arkansas, USA.
Jason Fussy has been working with Centrol since 1998. He grew up in Royalton, Minnesota. Jason is a North Dakota State University alumnus and holds a B.S. in Plant Sciences. He brings his knowledge in the form of unbiased information to
benefit his clients in growing corn, soybeans, dry beans, sugar beets, wheat, peas, sweet corn and alfalfa. Mr. Fussy has gained vast experience with Precision Ag while utilizing management tools which include productivity zone management, grid fertility management, aerial imagery, Adapt N and variable rate fertilizer and seeding. He values working with his clients, the Centrol Crop Consulting network, and with this knowing every year will be a new learning experience.
Dr. George Rehm is a coordinator for Discovery Farms Minnesota and University of Minnesota Professor Emeritus. He worked as the Nutrient Management Specialist at the University of Nebraska for fourteen years. He held the same position
at University of Minnesota for twenty-three years. Since leaving University of Minnesota, he has been in great demand as a soil science expert and speaker. Dr. Rehm received his Ph D. in Soil Science and M.S. in Soil Science from the University of Minnesota and his B.S. in Agronomy from Ohio State University.
Dr. Matt Ruark is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Soil Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an Extension Soil Scientist with the University of Wisconsin-Extension. He has a BS and MS in Soil Science
from the University of Minnesota and a PhD in Agronomy from Purdue University. His research is focused on improving nitrogen use efficiency in dairy, grain, vegetable, and biofuel production systems. He serves as the faculty advisor to the Discovery Farms program, is on the executive committee of the Midwest Cover Crop Council, and is the co-director of the Wisconsin Crop Management Conference.
Eric Cooley, co-director of UW-Discovery Farms, coordinates and implements water quality research, collects and disseminates data, and develops educational materials based on Discovery Farms’ research. His work focuses on natural resource
issues in eastern Wisconsin with an emphasis on surface water runoff and tile drainage. He received both his M.S. in Soil Physics and B.S. in Soil and Water Conservation from UW-Madison after completing his A.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Thomas Edison State College. Prior to joining Discovery Farms, he worked for the Door County Soil and Water Conservation Department, specializing in nutrient management planning.
9:30 a.m. Nitrogen: 50 Years of ProgressDr. Robert Hoeft, University of Illinois and Illinois Nutrient Research and Education Council (NREC)
Dr. Hoeft will provide context and insight into agri-culture’s history with nitrogen use. Dr. Hoeft has worked directly with Illinois farmers for over 40 years, focusing on the importance of nitrogen fertilization’s role in crop production. How have rates, timing, methods, and genetics changed over time? Are we making progress with technology and management? In addition to answering these questions, Dr. Hoeft will share his thoughts on how we have become increasingly aware of nitrogen as a water quality concern, who led the charge, what approaches have been especially successful in addressing this concern, and where farmers should be in the discussion.
10:15 a.m. How efficient is your nitrogen program? Assessing Nitrogen Use Efficiency on your farm
Dr. Cliff Snyder, International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI)
How much of your applied nitrogen makes it into the plant? What is Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) and how would you assess it in your cropping system? Dr. Snyder will present some background on the term and define how it should be used today. He will provide a look into how the term has changed over time as genetics, fertilization, and management strategies have changed. Finally, he will explain why it is a useful measure for today’s farmer by providing examples of how NUE may be used effectively around the country, offering us a primer for beginning our assessments in Wisconsin.
with New TechnologiesJason Fussy, Centrol Crop Consulting
Technologies aimed at predicting in-season nitrogen have hit the market so fast and are like nothing we have ever seen before. Mr. Fussy will wade through the clutter about the different technologies currently available for predicting in-season nitrogen rates. Major products to be discussed include adapt-N, drones, and soil sampling for nitrate. He will offer experience-based recommendations for growers and other consultants and will offer some insight as to where these technologies might be headed.
11:45 a.m. Understanding Products that Work in Nitrogen Management
Dr. George Rehm, Discovery Farms Minnesota
There are many new nitrogen inhibitors and slow release products on the market. Dr. Rehm will describe what the current products are designed to do and how they differ from one another. He will explain what products have been proven effective and what products have not. Finally, he will offer reasonable expectations of these nitrogen additives for those interested in using them.
12:15 p.m. Lunch1:00 p.m. Cover Crops and Nitrogen CyclingDr. Matt Ruark, UW-Madison Department of Soil Science and UW-Extension
Dr. Ruark will highlight cover crop research projects on legumes, grasses, and brassicas and their effect on corn yield and optimum N rate. Cover crops are an effective tool to reduce soil erosion and soil compaction, but species selection can alter the soil nitrogen supply. Clovers can supply nitrogen to the subsequent crop and provide an N credit of 40 to 80 lb/ac. Grasses (winter rye, ryegrass, spring barley) and brassicas (radish) take up residual nitrate in the soil, which could lead to a decrease in plant available nitrogen early in the growing season. The ultimate release of the N from the plant material is unknown.
1:30 p.m. Tile Drainage and Nitrogen Loss in Wisconsin
Eric Cooley, Wisconsin Discovery Farms
Eric Cooley has been studying the relationship between tile drainage and nitrogen loss on private farms in Wisconsin for many years. He will share results describing the timing and magnitude of nitrogen loss on these farms. He will offer his thoughts on why we are seeing such losses, how they compare to losses in other states, and what management strategies can be used to reduce them.
2:00 p.m. Break2:15 p.m. Panel Discussion:
Managing Nitrogen with ManureFarmers, farm consultants, and nitrogen and manure researchers will describe their experiences and offer tips on managing nitrogen so more stays in the field. They will offer insight into the benefits of manure nitrogen compared to commercial nitrogen, and will describe what practices they have changed and what they are considering for the future in order to increase on-farm nitrogen use efficiency.
