June 1-2, 2016
MSU’s W.K. Kellogg Biological Station
3700 E. Gull Lake Drive
Hickory Corners, MI 49060
Extension educators and crop consultants from Michigan, Iowa, Indiana, and Illinois attended this 1 1/2-day workshop to explore current nitrogen management strategies, producer decision making, and nitrogen variability in cropping systems.
Agenda: 2016 Nitrogen Roundtable Agenda
Workshop products:
Presentations:
- Agricultural nitrogen as a socio-ecological challenge, Dr. Diana Stuart
- An overview of the agricultural nitrogen cycle, Dr. Phil Robertson
- Remote sensing for reducing nitrogen loss from agricultural landscapes, Dr. Bruno Basso
- Nitrogen management behaviors and decision-making processes: results from farmer interviews, Dr. Adam Reimer
- Nitrogen management behaviors and decision-making processes: results from survey data, Dr. Sandy Marquart-Pyatt
- Choice experiment survey of nitrogen application behavior, Dr. Jinhua Zhao
- Decision support tools for managing nitrogen efficiently:
- Salus Nitrogen Calculator, Dr. Bruno Basso
- Corn Split N Calculator, Dr. Benjamin Gramig
- Maximum Return to Nitrogen (MRTN), Dr. Steve Culman
- The 4R strategies for managing nitrogen more efficiently, Dr. Kurt Steinke
- Nitrogen rate management for mitigation of nitrous oxide emissions from rained and irrigated row crops, Dr. Neville Millar and Kevin Kahmark
Recommending readings:
- Millar, N., and G. P. Robertson. 2015. Nitrogen transfers and transformations in row-crop ecosystems. Pages 213-251 in S. K. Hamilton, J. E. Doll, and G. P. Robertson, editors. The Ecology of Agricultural Landscapes: Long-Term Research on the Path to Sustainability. Oxford University Press, New York, New York, USA. https://lter.kbs.msu.edu/pub/3460
- Robertson, G. P., and P. M. Vitousek. 2009. Nitrogen in agriculture: balancing the cost of an essential resource. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 34:97-125. https://lter.kbs.msu.edu/pub/2168
- Robertson, G. P., K. L. Gross, S. K. Hamilton, D. A. Landis, T. M. Schmidt, S. S. Snapp, and S. M. Swinton. 2014. Farming for ecosystem services: an ecological approach to production agriculture. BioScience 64:404-415.https://lter.kbs.msu.edu/pub/3312
- Stuart, D., B. Basso, S. Marquart-Pyatt, A. Reimer, G.P. Robertson, and J. Zhao. 2015. “A Coupled Human-Natural Systems Understanding of Agricultural Nitrogen Loss.” BioScience 65(6):571-578.https://lter.kbs.msu.edu/pub/33440
Photos of the event: Nitrogen Roundtable Photos
Primary financial support provided by NSF Award 1313677 to Michigan State University.