EC98-789 Farm*A*Syst Nebraska’s System for Assessing Water Contamination Fact Sheet 14: Improving Crop Nutrient Application Management

Authors

• Robert Grisso, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
• DeLynn Hay, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Paul J. Jasa, University of Nebraska at LincolnFollow
• Richard K. Koelsch, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
• Sharon Skipton, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Wayne Woldt, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

1998

Document Type

Article

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© 1998, The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska on behalf of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension. All rights reserved.

Abstract

Economics, energy and the environment are three primary reasons to be concerned about nutrient management, especially nitrogen (N) management. Nitrogen ranks high on a list of sixteen nutrients needed for the health of most plants, but unfortunately it also ranks high as a contaminant of Nebraska’s surface and groundwater. Most other nutrients occur naturally in the soil. Besides nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are the nutrients most often added to Nebraska soils.