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These protocols are designed by UNL faculty to answer questions for your farming operation.
Cover Crop Management
- Interseeding Cover Crops in Corn or Soybeans
- Corn CRM Hybrids for Improving Cover Crop Establishment
- 3-year Rye Cover Crop Study (for sloping or sandy soil)
Crop Protection
- Soybean Gall Midge Research
- V5 Fungicide Applications for Corn
- At-plant Xyway for disease management
- Chemigation of fungicide for disease management
- Effects of irrigation on corn diseases
Crop Management
- Soybean Management Practices - Yield Benchmarking
- Soygreen for Fields with Iron Deficiency Chlorosis
- Soybean Early vs. Later Planting Date Protocol
- Soybean Maturity Group Comparison with Early Planting
Planting Populations
- Corn Planting Population: 4 Populations
- Soybean Population Research Protocol: 4 Populations
- Corn Planting Populations: 2 Populations
- Soybean Population Research Protocol: 2 Populations
Variable Rate Planting: Protocols developed on an individual basis.
For more info: Laura Thompson | 402-245-2224 | laura.thompson@unl.edu
Soil Fertility Management
- New for 2021! Pivot Bio PROVEN(R) at One Nitrogen Rate
- New for 2021! Pivot Bio PROVEN(R) at Two Nitrogen Rates
- New for 2021! Precision nitrogen management study options (with grower compensation) can be found here
- New for 2021! Crop Yield Response to Sulfur Application
- Nitrification Inhibitor for Anhydrous Ammonia Application
- Fall versus Spring Anhydrous Ammonia Application with and without a Nitrification Inhibitor
- Starter Fertilizer
Pre-Plant Nitrogen Studies
- UNL Pre-Plant Corn N Recommendation +/- 30 lbs
- Grower N Rate +/- 50 lbs
- UNL Pre-Plant Corn N Recommendation vs. Producer Pre-Plant N Recommendation
- UNL Pre-Plant Corn N Recommendation vs. UNL N Recommendation as Variable Rate
- Maize-N Pre-Plant Corn N Recommendation vs. Producer N Recommendation
- Anhydrous Ammonia Timing and Rate Comparison
Sidedress or Split-Application Nitrogen Studies
- 2019 Featured Study Evaluating Sidedress Nitrogen Decision Tools
- Maize-N Sidedress vs. Producer N Sidedress
- PSNT-N +/-30 lb N/ac at Sidedress
- UNL Corn Nitrogen Recommendation +/- 30 lb N/ac at Sidedress
- UNL Nitrogen Calculator Spreadsheet
Sugar Studies
Irrigation Management Protocols
- Traditional vs. 75% Irrigation Study (with hybrid and population options)
Industry Partnership Protocols
2021 industry partnership protocols are available for starter fertilizer and nitrification inhibitors. Contact us to learn more.
Project Templates
Do you have a specific research topic in mind? We can design a protocol customized to your farming operation.
The following templates are Word Documents which can be downloaded and modified to fit your project.
- Two Treatment, Paired Comparison Design
- Two Treatment, Randomized Complete Block Design
- Three Treatment, Randomized Complete Block Design
- Four Treatment, Randomized Complete Block Design
For help setting up an on-farm research project, please contact us:
Find your local extension educator or Laura Thompson | 402-245-2224 | laura.thompson@unl.edu