While soybean harvest seems to be winding down, we need to be carefully monitoring the soil temperature and weather forecast before applying nitrogen-containing fertilizers this fall. Nitrogen prices remain incredibly high, making it especially critical that we retain all the nitrogen we can for the crop this coming year.

University of Minnesota Extension researchers say they're planning to launch a computer database to monitor manure nutrient values. Past values don't match the results in testing, which frequently contain more plant nutrients than past values indicate.