Diagnostics & Cost-Effective Solutions for Nitrogen Management

Nitrogen and Water Dashboard

Project Sense field work
  • Nitrogen fertilizer is necessary for increased crop yields and farmer profitability.
  • It is possible to increase nitrogen-use efficiency (NUE) without yield and/or profit losses
  • Nebraska corn growers have improved nitrogen-use efficiency over the last 50 years, but there is still room for improvement to reduce environmental concerns
  • No tool exists to help growers evaluate NUE in corn production and provide cost-effective solutions to make improvements

OUR PROJECT

Working in wheat field with Project Sense tools

 

Project Summary

Our goal is to provide Nebraska corn growers with actionable information to improve their NUE and profitability. To do this, we have developed a digital nitrogen dashboard to diagnose and improve current NUE leveraging on NRD grower-reported data and Nebraska On-Farm Research Network trial data collected over the past 30 years.

Read About Our Project

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Team Leads

  1. Avatar for Guillermo Balboa
    Guillermo Balboa
    Research Assistant Professor Agronomy & Horticulture University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    KEIM 162
    Lincoln NE 68583-0915
    Phone
    Work 402-472-7889 On-campus 2-7889
    Email
    gbalboa7@unl.edu
    Website
  2. Avatar for Patricio Grassini
    Patricio Grassini
    Professor, Sunkist Distinguished Professor of Agronomy Agronomy & Horticulture University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    PLSH 387
    Lincoln NE 68583-0915
    Phone
    Work 402-472-5554 On-campus 2-5554
    Email
    pgrassini2@unl.edu

Team Scientist

  1. Avatar for Fatima Amor Tenorio
    Fatima Amor Tenorio
    Research Assistant Professor Agronomy & Horticulture University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    Keim 130
    Lincoln NE 68583-0915
    Phone
    Work 402-472-5554 On-campus 2-5554
    Email
    ftenorio2@unl.edu

Contributors: Nicholas Brozovic, Kate Gibson 

Former team members: Laila Puntel, Laura Thompson

CONTACT INFORMATION

Guillermo Balboa 
162 Keim Hall
Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 
+1 402 472 7989 

Gbalboa7@unl.edu  

X account: @GuilleBalboa  

Website: https://agronomy.unl.edu/digital-farming-lab/ 

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https://app.nuedashboard.com/login 

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