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Published August 31, 2020 | By Mike Petersen Image 1: Cross section (100X magnification) of a corn root As I have been tasked to dig some deep holes in order to observe roots for purposes of what type, how deep

Published July 3, 2020 | By Mike Petersen   Image Above: The basic molecule rings of a cytokinin. Organic Chemistry comes to light.   Agronomic sciences have advanced a long ways in the last 5 years which pleases me.  Nigh

Sidedress Fertilization Is it only Nitrogen you should be applying?   Published June 13, 2020 | By Mike Petersen   Image Above: Applying liquid products with Orthman cultivator during sidedress and ditching process.   Good question for all of you

Published June 8, 2020 | By Mike Petersen   It comes to you hot from the fields with growing corn at the V4 stage.  In East Central Nebraska my cohort Pat McNaught and I have been digging up in between

Published May 19, 2020 | By Mike Petersen Image Above: Early season sulfur deficiency, V5 stage Sulfur one of the secondary nutrients in crops carries out some very important functions in the plant growth cycle from early emergence to starch fill

Published May 11, 2020 | By Mike Petersen   Image Above: The group of P, K & Fe solubilizing bacteria and their activities An overview of the mechanism used by bacteria and fungi to mobilize nutrients (P, K and Fe)

Published April 14, 2020 | By Mike Petersen   Image Above: The index finger is touching the 2nd most important nutrient for many crops we grow. Phosphorus   Last blog I spoke about placement and the wiser way to put