May 10, 2019   
  Issue 2
    
 

Prepared by:

Paul Kassel

Extension Field Agronomist

 

Phone: 

(712) 262-2264

Email: kassel@iastate.edu 

 

 

Serving Clay, Buena Vista, Dickinson, Emmet, Hancock, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Sac and Winnebago Counties

 

 

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The Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Policies Page.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
Volatilization loss of surface applied urea, UAN.  
Surface applied urea or UAN solutions can have losses of nitrogen due to volatilization .  UAN solutions are half urea.  Incorporation by 3-4 inch deep tillage or by 0.5 inch of rainfall within two days of application will minimize surface volatilization losses.
 
Conditions that favor volatilization losses from urea, or UAN solutions.
-          Damp soil surface
-          Warm and sunny conditions
-          High pH soils
-          High amounts of crop residue - as in corn on corn situations.
 
Conditions that lessen volatilization losses from urea, or UAN solutions.
-          Dry soil surface
-          Cool air temperature
-          Neutral or slightly acid soil pH
-          Low amounts of crop residue.
 
Imbibitional chill injury. Injury can occur to corn seedlings when corn seeds imbibe water that is colder than 50 degrees within 24 hours of planting - which may have occurred to corn planted on May 7. Soil temps have fluctuated greatly in the past two weeks. 
Read more about imbibitional chill injury here .
 
ISU Custom Rate.   The most recent Custom Rate Survey in available on ISU's Ag Decision Maker website.
 
Crop Scouting School.   There is a Field Scouting Basics Workshop at the ISU Field Extension Education Lab near Boone from 9:30 to 3:50 on May 16.  The cost is $100 - register here by May 13.  
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Prepared by Paul Kassel, Extension Field Agronomist

Phone: (712) 262-2264, Email: kassel@iastate.edu