Management Strategies After Nitrogen Loss Due to Heavy Rainfall

April 10, 2024 | Posted in Nutrient Management

After recent heavy rainfalls, runoff, leaching or denitrification can affect the nitrogen (N) levels in no-tillers' soil, but this N loss can be mitigated through good management strategies.

Saturated Soil & Nitrogen Loss: How Much Rainfall is too Much?

May 19, 2023 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: University of Minnesota Extension

The two primary loss pathways are leaching and denitrification, both of which happen when N is in the nitrate form. The conversion of N to nitrate is biological in nature, and is therefore time and temperature dependent.

5 Keys to Determine Supplemental Nitrogen Needs in Saturated Soil

June 22, 2022 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: Ohio State University Extension

Given the current price of nitrogen (N) and widely varying field conditions, an understanding of loss mechanisms and other estimates of loss or soil tests may help decide on 2022 management in fields where N has already been applied.

How Much Nitrogen is Gone?

May 24, 2017 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Water Management

Source: University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension discusses the potential fate of early nitrogen applied before heavy rains arrived in May, and whether more might be needed to be applied for crops this growing season.

Understanding Nitrogen in Soils

February 11, 2016 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: University of Minnesota Extension

University of Minnesota Extension explains the nitrogen cycle, how nitrogen can transform and end up leaving the soil through the atmosphere or local waterways.

5 Factors That Affect Nitrogen Loss

January 11, 2016 | Posted in Nutrient Management

With excess rain occurring throughout the Midwest, Iowa State University Extension explains what impacts nitrogen loss from fall applications.

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Management Strategies After Nitrogen Loss Due to Heavy Rainfall

Saturated Soil & Nitrogen Loss: How Much Rainfall is too Much?

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How Much Nitrogen is Gone?

Understanding Nitrogen in Soils

5 Factors That Affect Nitrogen Loss

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