Quirine Ketterings, Cornell Nutrient Management Spear Program
Below is a list of postings to the Cornell Nutrient Management Spear Program (NMSP) website in March and April. Thanks to the enthusiastic participation by farmers, extension educators, consulting firms, NRCS and SWCD staff, we have 45 fully replicated (4x) nitrogen rate studies (5 N rates so we can determine the optimum N rate) in place this year, through the New York On-Farm Research Partnership and with funding from a NRCS-CIG, the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program (NNYADP) and federal formula funds. The first three of those 45 trials will be harvested on Monday, with the rest following later this month. If interested in seeing some of the fields, check out the Google Map with pictures and video that Bill Verbeten of the NWNY Dairy, Livestock, & Field Crops Team put together for the western NY sites in the study (see link below):
News:
- 4/28/2013: Ongoing Project: New York On-Farm Research Partnership Established 45 Replicated N-Rate Studies (5 N Rates) for Winter Cereals as Forages in Spring 2013. See Project Website. See Also the Google Map Put Together for Western NY Sites.
- 4/28/2013: Looking for Participants: Potassium and Sulfur for Alfalfa Project of the New York On-Farm Research Partnership. See Project Website.
- 3/15/2013: New Article: Enhanced efficiency Fertilizers; Laboratory Study.
- 3/12/2013: New Article: Fall Carbon and Nitrogen Uptake of Various Cover Crop Mixtures Following Small Grains; Fall 2010 and 2011 Data. See Also: Fall Carbon and Nitrogen Uptake of Cereal Cover Crops Following Corn Silage.
- 3/1/2013: Whole Farm Mass Balance Project. 2013 Input Data Sheets and Input Data Sheets Instruction Form (PDFs; 2012 calendar year). Join Us!
- 3/1/2013: New Video: Manure Subsurfer Technology. See Also: Manure Injection in No-Till and Pasture Systems, and: Manure Injection Rate Study at Table Rock Farm.
