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2024 Soybean Nitrogen Fertility Trial
Darby, Heather M Krezinski, Ivy
Darby, Heather M
Krezinski, Ivy
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Soybeans are grown for human consumption, animal feed, and biodiesel, and can be a useful rotational crop in corn silage and grass production systems. Soybeans form a symbiotic relationship with nitrogen fixing bacteria. This symbiotic relationship supplies nitrogen to the soybean crop. However, it takes several weeks for nodulation to establish, and early season plant stress can slow the process. Adverse conditions are common in the spring, and it is unclear if a low rate of nitrogen applied as starter fertilizer may promote early growth of soybeans before nodulation. The University of Vermont Extension Northwest Crop and Soils (NWCS) Program, as part of a grant from the Eastern Region Soybean Board, conducted a trial to investigate the impacts of low rates of starter nitrogen fertilizer on the yield and quality of the subsequent soybean crop.
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2024-11-01