It's early / mid October in Minnesota, which means it's time for the fall manure outlook on the Nutrient Management Podcast. Minnesota's manure application rate guidelines have been updated for corn-corn and corn-soybean rotations. What are some of the results of theses changes? What was the reason to update the guidelines? What weather conditions might we experience with the predicted 2026 Super El-Nino. Knowing theses, are there changes that farmers should make to their best fall practices? ManureDB (the online manure nutrient database) recently had a large data set added to it. What does the new data look like for the end user? Are micronutrients included in manureDB's data? In the world on-farm research, what’s currently happening and how can farmers get involved? Important upcoming events for manure technicians, and farmer questions round out today's episode of the Nutrient Management Podcast.

Guests:

• Nancy Bohl Bormann, manure nutrient management researcher (St. Paul)
• Chryseis Modderman, Extension manure nutrient management specialist (Morris)
• Stephen Gregg, on-farm research manager and outreach specialist (St. Paul)

Additional Resources:

• Manure rate recommendation update: What's new and important considerations
• What's manure worth? (calculator)
• Calculating manure application rates
• Online Commercial Animal Waste Technician (CAWT) Recertification Workshop
• Introducing ManureDB: A new way to view manure variability and trends
• How to put together a manure management plan
• MDA Drought Monitor
• Contact Nancy Bohl Bormann, Chryseis Modderman and Stephen Gregg: manure.umn.edu

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Support for the Nutrient Management Podcast is provided by Minnesota's fertilizer tonnage fee through the Agricultural Fertilizer Research & Education Council (AFREC). Learn more at MNsoilfertility.com.

Manure nutrient management is uniquely complex, and we discuss some reasons why on today's Advancing Nitrogen Smart episode. What specific factors make manure management far more complex than applying standard chemical fertilizer? How do digestive systems and diets cause nitrogen availability to differ across various livestock species? Why does nitrogen availability decline so rapidly when manure is left exposed on the soil surface, and how much may be lost to atmospheric evaporation within a just few days? How can farmers optimize their fertilizer investments and evaluate whether their crops received sufficient nitrogen using late-season testing? These questions and more on today's 42nd episode of Advancing Nitrogen Smart.

Guests:

• Brad Carlson, Extension educator (Mankato)
• Melissa Wilson, Extension manure nutrient management specialist (St. Paul)

Additional resources:

• How to put together a manure management plan
• Nitrogen availability of different manure types: What we know and what we are researching
• Manure use benefits and barriers: Insights from a survey of farmers and advisors
• Introducing ManureDB: A new way to view manure variability and trends
• Tips for fall manure application and how to avoid nutrient loss

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For the latest nutrient management information, subscribe to the Nutrient Management Podcast. And don't forget to subscribe to the Minnesota Crop News daily or weekly email newsletter, subscribe to our YouTube channel, like UMN Extension Nutrient Management on Facebook, follow us on X (formerly twitter), and visit our website.

If you have questions or comments, please email us at nutmgmt@umn.edu.

Advancing Nitrogen Smart is proud to be supported by the farm families of Minnesota and their corn check-off investment through Minnesota Corn.

Dry edible beans are an important Minnesota crop, and we explore them further on today's Nutrient Management Podcast. We talk with four experts from around the Midwest about your dry bean questions: What are some similarities and differences managing for dry edible bean versus soybean, for example? What should farmers keep in mind about growing in the Red River Valley, or Southern Minnesota, or elsewhere in the Midwest? What does recent research indicate pertaining to dry bean? What major yield-limiting factors do farmers need to be aware of when growing dry edible bean? All of this and much more on today's episode of Nutrient Management Podcast.

Guests:

• Kristin Simons, research agronomist, North Dakota State University
• Ana Carcedo, broadleaf agronomist, North Dakota State University
• Bijesh Maharjan, Extension specialist, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• Daniel Kaiser, Extension nutrient management specialist (St. Paul)

Additional Resources:

• Taking another look at nitrogen requirements for dry bean production in Minnesota
• Fertilizing dried edible beans in Minnesota
• Fertilizing pinto, navy, and other dry edible bean
• Black and navy bean row spacing
• Pinto bean row spacing
• MN CropCast: Dry bean acreage increasing as alternative crop

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For the latest nutrient management information, subscribe to the Nutrient Management Podcast. And don't forget to subscribe to the Minnesota Crop News daily or weekly email newsletter, subscribe to our YouTube channel, like UMN Extension Nutrient Management on Facebook, follow us on X (formerly twitter), and visit our website.

If you have questions or comments, please email us at nutmgmt@umn.edu.