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Dunn County Extension educators outline research on nitrogen management, cover crops, barley and hemp
Summary
County Extension educators presented county and statewide agricultural research and outreach programs, including a nitrogen optimization pilot, adaptive nitrogen trials, cover crop adoption, malting barley and industrial hemp trials, and a pilot interseeding of alfalfa into corn silage.
Dunn County Extension educators presented a broad summary of local and regional agricultural research and outreach to the Community Resources & Tourism Committee, highlighting soil- and nutrient-management trials, expanding cover-crop adoption and pilot projects on malting barley and industrial hemp.
Chris (Extension educator leading the presentation) summarized 2022 Census of Agriculture figures released in 2024 and local program priorities. “You can see about $381,000,000 of market value of products that are sold,” Chris said, and noted the county’s average farm size has increased and that cover-crop adoption has risen: “the cover crop … is 17%.” He said the average farm size is roughly in the mid-hundreds of acres and that cropland totals exceed 200,000 acres.
A large portion of the presentation described nitrogen research and pilot programs. Chris outlined an adaptive nitrogen management trial and a larger…
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