Current Research:

  •  Evaluation of agronomic practices for corn production, including row width,
      planting date, hybrid maturity, plant population, and their interactions. 
  •  Optimization of nitrogen use and alfalfa management for corn following alfalfa.
  •  Residue, tillage, and nitrogen management to optimize crop and soil
      productivity in continuous corn.

Thanks to the Minnesota Corn Growers Association and the Minnesota Corn Research and Promotion Council for generously supporting the majority of this research.

Thanks to the Minnesota Corn Growers Association for generously providing us with a one-ton pickup for corn production research. Thanks to both the Minnesota Corn Growers Association and the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association for generously providing us with a precision vacuum plot planter for corn and soybean production research.

Thanks also to the following organizations for their generous support:
         •   Pioneer Hi-Bred 
         •   EMD Crop BioScience
         •   National Crop Insurance Services
         •   BASF
         •   Syngenta
         •   Monsanto

Collaborators at the University of Minnesota and at other universities:
         •   John Lamb
         •   Dan Kaiser
         •   Seth Naeve
         •   Michael Russelle
         •   Craig Sheaffer
         •   Don Wyse
         •   Bruce Potter
         •   Emerson Nafziger
         •   Palle Pedersen