“Ultimately, good nitrogen management is about adapting, both to your field’s characteristics and to the season’s unpredictability,” says Bill Long, Pioneer field agronomist.

Corteva Agriscience partnered with Dan Quinn, assistant professor of agronomy at Purdue University, to perform several trials of Instinct NXTGEN nitrogen (N) stabilizer. Trial objectives were to gather data on corn yield, plant N uptake and soil N availability on plots that received N treated with Instinct versus plots that were left untreated by Instinct.

A look at the nitrogen cycle can help growers understand the advantages and disadvantages of particular nitrogen fertilizer sources.

University of Illinois Extension shares some tips on managing nitrogen after harvest based on need rather than applying it "just in case."

Ben Pederson shares his journey to adopting strip-till and offers six lessons to other growers considering strip-till or zone tillage.

Many producers could benefit by using starter fertilizer when planting corn. Starter fertilizer is simply the placement of some fertilizer, usually nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), near the seed - which "jump starts" growth in the spring.

Take Precautions when Applying UAN and Residual Herbicides on Emerged Corn, says the University of Nebraska.

If there ever was a time to consider nitrogen choices other than anhydrous ammonia, this might be one of them