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WINTER

Take UAN Corrosion Seriously Phil Bureman and Dr. Craig Myers If a tank leaks, you may be liable for water contamination in ground and surface water.

What About Mn On Glyphosate-resistant Soybeans And Conventional Soybeans? Dr. Barney Gordon Studies run to develop liquid fertilization strategies to prevent or correct possible yield deficiencies.

Novel Chelating Agents Increase Micronutrient Solubility Drs. Mike McLaughlin and Sam Stacey Potential is there not only to increase solubility of micronutrients in fluid fertilizers but also retain them in forms that are readily available to plant roots.

Complexities Involved In Better Estimating Corn Grain Yields Mr. T. Shaver, and Drs. R. Khosla, and D. Westfall Studies build on attempts to achieve more accurate methods, using normalized difference vegetation indices (NDVI) and crop/soil variables.

Is Zinc Fertilizer Water Solubility Important For Long-term Zinc Efficiency? David Seymore and Dr. Dale Leikam Knowing total zinc content of a fertilizer is not enough on which to evaluate the value of a specific fertilizer.

EARLY SPRING

Starter Fertilizers Optimize Corn/Wheat Responses To N and P Drs. Mark Alley and Wade Thomason Starter Fertilizers Optimize Corn/Wheat Responses To N and P

Study Shows Merits Of In-crop N Applications Dr. G. P. Lafond, C. B. Holzapfel, and W.E. May Supports the merits of in-crop N applications for all crops measured.

Cantaloupe, Honeydew Fruit Respond Differently To Chelated Calcium Drs. Gene E. Lester and Michael A. Grunsak Two-year study assesses benefits of pre-harvest plant applications during fruit growth and maturation.

Polymer Additives Improve Starter Fertilizer Efficiency INDUSTRY AT WORK Help circumvent tightening supplies and continuing hikes in fertilizer prices.

LATE SPRING

Timely Foliar Applications Rectify Nutrient Deficiencies Dr. Derrick Oosterhuis Applications should be made either early morning or late afternoon for maximum efficiency.

GPS-guided Systems Open New Management Options For Corn Producers Dr. Tony J. Vyn and Terry West Benefits include timeliness of field operations, less operator fatigue, reduction in input expenses (e.g., less overlap in seed and fertilizer applications), and the opportunity to achieve optimum positions of corn rows relative to nutrient bands.

GPS-Enabled Systems Monitor Spatial Variability And Yield Potential Matt Wiebers, Dr. Matias Ruffo, and Dean Fairchild Application rate controllers, used in conjunction with a yield monitor, are an effective way to generate local on-farm results.

Are Critical Values For Nutrient Management In Almond And Pistachio Orchards Invalid? Dr. Patrick Brown Or has there been a systematic misuse of sampling methodology and an industry- (and university-) wide misinterpretation of results?

FALL

Fluids Compared With Dry In Dryland Winter Wheat Trials Dr. Richard Koenig and Mr. Aaron Esser Results indicate a good potential for dryland wheat to respond to fluid P in the low-rainfall crop-fallow areas of eastern Washington.

Fluids Uniquely Suited For Forage Grasses Dr. D. Leikam Superiority of fluids demonstrated in Texas, Kansas, and Georgia studies.

Fluid Fertilizers: 50 Years Ago In Britain Derek A. Palgrave How tenacious inventiveness brought fluids to British agriculture over a period of three decades.

Let’s Be Careful When Defining Salt Index Dr. John G. Clapp Original data and definition of salt-index predate many current fertilizers.

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