Annual/Termination Reports:

[12/15/2012] [01/22/2014] [01/13/2015] [01/05/2016] [11/03/2016]

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Participants

James Camberato;
Dan Kaiser;
Dorivar Ruiz Diaz;
Fabian Fernandez;
David Franzen;
John Sawyer;
Richard Ferguson;
Carl Rosen;
Howard Woodard;
Anthony Bly

Brief Summary of Minutes

NCERA103 Meeting Minutes and Annual Report are attached below as the "Copy of Minutes" file.

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Participants

Rosen, Carl (crosen@umn.edu) - University of Minnesota;
Kaiser, Daniel (dekaiser@umn.edu) - University of Minnesota;
Ruark, Matt (mdruark@wisc.edu) - University of Wisconsin;
Sawyer, John (jsawyer@istate.edu) - Iowa State University;
Cambarato, Jim (jcambera@purdue.edu) - Purdue University;
Franzen, David (David.Franzen@ndsu.edu) - North Dakota State University;
Lentz, Ed (lentz.38@osu.edu) - Ohio State University;
Ruiz-Diaz, Dorivar (ruizdiaz@ksu.edu) - Kansas State University;
Scharf, Peter (ScharfP@missouri.edu) - University of Missouri;
Ferguson, Richard (rferguson1@unl.edu) - University of Nebraska;
Ritchey, Edwin (Edwin.Ritchey@uky.edu) - University of Kentucky;

Brief Summary of Minutes

Meeting was opened at 12 pm. A discussion was started concerning the chair sucession for the committee. Multiple states have experienced retirements or members have left for other jobs. The current chair succession was identified at Minnesota (2014-2015), Wisconsin (2016-2017), and Kansas (2018-2019). A decision was not made beyond 2019 to allow for time to determine if South Dakota and Illinois will have a new member for the committee

Carl Rosen gave the administrative report for the committee. Carl noted that we are due for a mid-term review. Each state gave a report on what products were being promoted, products they have received questions about, research being conducted, and any interesting data generate since the last committee meeting. Full details of the state reports are summarized in the report attachment.

The committee discussed the status of regional publications outlined for completion before the next committee review. Daniel Kaiser has been gathering data for the P extenders publication but a draft is not yet finished. Richard Ferguson stepped back from the coated N products publication due to time constraints. The publication was tabled at this time until someone could be identified to take the lead on it.

John Sawyer gave an update on the compendium website. John has been having issues resulting from changes in the web hosting at Iowa State. It is becoming increasingly difficult to host the website on the Iowa State server. At this time John noted that he did not need to find an additional server to host the site but he might look into it in case he cannot get help with the website from Iowa State. John also noted a need to add reports to the site and whether it may be time to evaluate whether reports should be taken out that include old data.

A final discussion was made among committee members about funding for product testing through commodity groups within states. Kentucky has funding to test products coming through the Kentucky Corn Growers Association. Minnesota groups also have had interest in funding projects. No action items were developed from this discussion at this time. Meeting was adjourned at 5 pm.

Accomplishments

Short-term Outcomes: The compendium website was maintained over the reporting period. The website is housed through Iowa State University and provides relevant reports for non-traditional products that have been researched in the participating states. The website had 3,568 page views in the span stretching from 11/2013 to 11/2014. <p><br /> http://extension.agron.iastate.edu/compendium/index.aspx <p><br /> Outputs: All participants have a role in extension education in their respective states. Data generated by research within the region is being utilized in extension education directed to farmers, crop consultants and other agricultural professionals, and state and federal agency employees. The committee noted that data was presented at ten state extension programs during the reporting period. The before mentioned presentations were entirely focused on amendments. All states noted reports that were generated during the reporting period from their respective research activities. A master’s thesis was generated at Iowa State which involved research on N inhibitors. <p><br /> Activities: Participating states have shown a continued interest in research studies on non-traditional products. Trials have been established at many of the participating states (number of studies): Iowa (2), Kansas (2), Kentucky (1), Wisconsin (3), and Minnesota (5). The majority of products tested are in the N inhibitor class which is a topic commonly discussed by the committee and stakeholders in their respective states. Minnesota and Kentucky established large trials that test products which range from biological additives to growth stimulants. The primary crop that products were tested on was field corn. Research also was conducted on soybean, potato, sweetcorn, and wheat. <p><br /> Committee members noted a plant for continuing research in the regions to continue to gather additional data to provide to growers and to add to the compendium website. The exact products to be tested are not known as research it typically directed to questions that arise for products in a specific year. There also is a plant to finish one of the publications “Utilization of phosphorus extenders”. The publication on coated nitrogen products was put on hold due to time constraints. <p><br />

Publications

Sassman, Aaron. 2014. Corn production with Instinct nitrification inhibitor with urea-ammonium nitrate solution and liquid swine manure. M.S. Thesis, Iowa State University.

Impact Statements

1. Members of the committee are generating and disseminating data related to specialized soil amendments and products, growth stimulants and soil fertility management programs to stakeholders within their states. The data generated is distributed through extension education both in written and oral presentation forms and through the compendium website. The page views over the reporting period are slightly less than previous year but the number of views demonstrates that the site is being utilized. The actual economic impact of research in the region is uncertain. With tighter profit margins, farmers have been asking more questions thus the majority of data generated showing no positive effect of products could save farmers from the additional cost of a product that will not increase grain yield. Assuming a range in cost from $4 to $30 per acre, data showing no benefit could save a typical 800 acre farmer in the North Central Region $3,200 to $24,000 a year. <p>

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Report Information

Participants

Carl Rosen, University of Minnesota (administrative advisor) crosen@umn.edu
Daniel Kaiser, University of Minnesota (Current Chair) dekaiser@umn.edu
Edwin Ritchey, University of Kentucky (acting Secretary) Edwin.Ritchey@uky.edu
John Sawyer, Iowa State University jsawyer@iastate.edu
Jim Cambarato, Purdue University jcambera@purdue.edu
Dave Franzen, North Dakota State University david.Franzen@ndsu.edu
Ed Lentz, Ohio State University lentz.38@osu.edu
Dorivar Diaz, Kansas State University ruizdiaz@ksu.edu
Peter Scharf, University of Missouri ScharfP@missouri.edu
Richard Ferguson, University of Nebraska rfergusen1@unl.edu
Emerson Nafziger, University of Illinois ednaf@uiuc.edu

Brief Summary of Minutes

Accomplishments

<p>Short-term Outcomes: The compendium website was maintained over the reporting period. The website is housed through Iowa State University and provides relevant reports for non-traditional products that have been researched in the participating states. The compendium currently contains 228 reports.&nbsp; Of the 228 reports 1 report was added since the last meeting.&nbsp; The website had 3247 page views in the span stretching from 11/2014 to 10/2015.</p><br /> <p><br /> http://extension.agron.iastate.edu/compendium/index.aspx</p><br /> <p><br /> Outputs: All participants have a role in extension education in their respective states. Data generated by research within the region is being utilized in extension education directed to farmers, crop consultants and other agricultural professionals, and state and federal agency employees. The committee noted that data was presented at ten state extension programs during the reporting period. The before mentioned presentations were entirely focused on amendments. All states noted reports that were generated during the reporting period from their respective research activities. A master&rsquo;s thesis was generated at Iowa State which involved research on N inhibitors.</p><br /> <p><br /> Activities: Participating states have shown a continued interest in research studies on non-traditional products. Trials have been established at many of the participating states The total number of trials was not specified by indivudal states. The majority of products tested still are in the N inhibitor class which is a topic commonly discussed by the committee and stakeholders in their respective states.&nbsp; Several other products were discussed by the group.&nbsp; Each state has small projects in place to test commonly promoted projects in their respective region.&nbsp; Kentucky has an established testing program for testing multiple products chosen by stakeholders.&nbsp; The primary crop that products were tested on was field corn. Research also was conducted on soybean, potato, sweetcorn, and wheat.</p><br /> <p><br /> Committee members noted a plan for continuing research in the regions to continue to gather additional data to provide to growers and to add to the compendium website. The exact products to be tested are not known as research it typically directed to questions that arise for products in a specific year. It was noted at the meeting that the number of quesitons has slightly decreased due to low commodity prices.&nbsp; There also is a plant to finish one of the publications &ldquo;Utilization of phosphorus extenders&rdquo;. The publication on coated nitrogen products was put on hold due to time constraints.</p>

Publications

Impact Statements

1. Members of the committee are generating and disseminating data related to specialized soil amendments and products, growth stimulants and soil fertility management programs to stakeholders within their states. The data generated is distributed through extension education both in written and oral presentation forms and through the compendium website. The page views over the reporting period are similar to the previous year but the number of views demonstrates that the site is being utilized. The actual economic impact of research in the region is uncertain. With tighter profit margins, farmers have been asking more questions thus the majority of data generated showing no positive effect of products could save farmers from the additional cost of a product that will not increase grain yield. Assuming a range in cost from $4 to $30 per acre, data showing no benefit could save a typical 800 acre farmer in the North Central Region $3,200 to $24,000 a year.

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Report Information

Participants

Carl Rosen, University of Minnesota (administrative advisor) crosen@umn.edu
Daniel Kaiser, University of Minnesota (Current Chair) dekaiser@umn.edu
Matt Ruark, University of Wisconsin (Current Secretary) mdruark@wisc.edu
Edwin Ritchey, University of Kentucky (Incoming Secretary) Edwin.Ritchey@uky.edu
John Sawyer, Iowa State University jsawyer@iastate.edu
Dave Franzen, North Dakota State University David.Franzen@ndsu.edu
Edwin Lentz, Ohio State University lentz.38@osu.edu
Dorivar Ruiz-Diaz, Kansas State University ruizdiaz@ksu.edu
Peter Scharf, University of Missouri ScharfP@missouri.edu
Richard Ferguson, University of Nebraska rfergusen1@unl.edu
Emerson Nafziger, University of Illinois ednaf@uiuc.edu
Kurt Steinke, Michigan State University ksteinke@msu.edu
Jim Camberato, Purdue University jcambera@purdue.edu

Brief Summary of Minutes

Accomplishments

<p>Short-term Outcomes: The compendium website was maintained over the reporting period. The website is housed through Iowa State University and provides relevant reports for non-traditional products that have been researched in the participating states. The compendium currently contains 231 research reports, with three new reports added in 2016. There were 2,525 page views of the site in 2016.</p><br /> <p>http://extension.agron.iastate.edu/compendium/index.aspx</p><br /> <p>Outputs: All participants have a role in extension education in their respective states. Data generated by research within the region is being utilized in extension education directed to farmers, crop consultants and other agricultural professionals, and state and federal agency employees. The committee noted that data was presented at twelve state extension programs during the reporting period. However, most of our interaction with the public occurs during in-person, e-mail, or phone consultations. The before mentioned presentations were entirely focused on amendments or inhibitors. Two peer reviewed papers were published (which are listed in the publication section) from data collected in Nebraska.</p><br /> <p>Activities: Participating states have shown a continued interest in research studies on non-traditional products. Trials have been established at many of the participating states funded with donations from companies. The total number of trials was not specified by individual states for 2016. The majority of products tested still are in the N inhibitor class which is a topic commonly discussed by the committee and stakeholders in their respective states. Several other products were discussed by the group. Each state has small projects in place to test commonly promoted projects in their respective region. Individual work is noted in the meeting minutes. The primary crop that products were tested on was field corn.</p><br /> <p>Committee members have continued developing research data on non-traditional products. The exact products to be tested are not known as research it typically directed to questions that arise for products in a specific year. The members noted several products which are being promoted which are included in the minutes. It was noted at the meeting that the number of questions from stakeholders has slightly decreased due to continued low commodity prices. More questions have arisen from state agencies due to companies trying to register products as enhanced efficiency to allow farmers to purchase a product using cost sharing programs. The compendium has been an important resource for addressing questions related to the efficacy of many of these products.</p><br /> <p>Milestones: The committee targeted 1 publication generated per year. A revision to the Nitrogen fertilizer extenders publication was created to be released during the end of 2016. The publication was revised to also include coated nitrogen products to incorporate a similar publication that was planned by the committee.&nbsp;</p>

Publications

<p>Maharjan, B. and R.B. Ferguson. 2016. Polymer-coated urea improved corn response compared to urea ammonium nitrate when applied on a coarse-textured soil. Agronomy Journal 108:509-518.</p><br /> <p>Peng, X., B. Maharjan, C. Yu, A. Su, R. Ferguson. 2015. A Laboratory Evaluation of Ammonia Volatilization and Nitrate Leaching Following Nitrogen Fertilizer Application on a Coarse-Textured Soil. Agronomy Journal 107:871-879.</p><br /> <p>&nbsp;</p>

Impact Statements

1. Members of the committee are generating and disseminating data related to specialized soil amendments and products, growth stimulants and soil fertility management programs to stakeholders within their states. The data generated is distributed through extension education both in written and oral presentation forms and through the compendium website. The page views over the reporting period are similar to the previous year but the number of views demonstrates that the site is being utilized. The actual economic impact of research in the region is uncertain. With tighter profit margins, farmers have been asking more questions thus the majority of data generated showing no positive effect of products could save farmers from the additional cost of a product that will not increase grain yield. Assuming a range in cost from $4 to $30 per acre, data showing no benefit from a product could save a typical 800 acre farmer in the North Central Region $3,200 to $24,000 a year.

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