Oakes Irrigation Research Site
Carrington Research Extension Center * North Dakota State University
P.O. Box 531, Oakes, ND 58474-0531, Phone: (701) 742-2744, FAX: (701) 742-2700, E-mail:  Walter.Albus@ndsu.edu
Table 1.  Strip-till, corn on soybean, nitrogen rate study at the Oakes Irrigation Research Site in 2011.     6 yrs corn/soybean
Population       Return to4
Fertilizer1 Grain Harvest  Test After Chrlorphyll Meter NDRE Reading Stalk Grain Silk Mature N Above 
N Rate Yield2 Moisture Weight Green Snap 9-Aug 22-Aug   13-Jul 4-Aug Nitrate-N Oil Protein Starch Date Date Low N Rate
lb/ac bu/ac % lb/bu ppm ----------%------------ $
 
25 151.7 17.8 55.8 31626 25.1 20.8   0.287 0.301 1033 3.2 7.7 74.0 7/28 9/30 0
100d3 210.9 17.8 56.2 29716 40.6 38.6   0.327 0.321 665 3.3 8.2 73.6 7/27 9/30 258
100 207.7 18.5 55.9 31149 39.7 38.6   0.317 0.323 295 3.1 8.1 73.9 7/27 10/1 243
150 235.2 18.7 55.4 31685 44.8 46.5   0.328 0.327 607 3.3 8.6 73.3 7/27 10/5 355
200 239.7 19.0 55.9 31566 46.6 46.2   0.333 0.336 2240 3.2 8.8 73.3 7/27 10/5 352
Mean 209.0 18.3 18.3 31148 39.4 38.1   0.318 0.322 968 3.2 8.3 74 7/27 10/2  
CV% 5.4 3.2 1.6 3.8 7.3 9.1 2.7 6.5 113 7.2 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
LSD.05 17.4 0.9 NS NS 4.4 5.3   0.013 NS NS NS 0.3 NS NS 3  
165 lb N/ac with pre-planting strip-till and or at planting. The remainder N sidedressed on June 24, except for the 25 lb N/ac rate 
 which was all applied pre planting strip-till and planting. 
2Yield adjusted to 15.5% moisture.
345 lb N /ac of planting N applied as dribble treatment to the side of the row.
4Corn @$5.00/bu, N @ $0.50/lb.
Planting Date = May 17; Harvest Date = October 12; Previous Crop = Soybean.
Fertilizer Rate lbs/acre =  N see table, 40 P2O5, 157 K2O; 21 S; Irrigation = 9.9 inches.
Detailed material and methods Other corn Studies 2011
Corn hybrid performance trial dry land
Oakes Irrigation Research Site  Corn hybrid performance trial irrigated
Home page Report 2011 Corn late planting date and relative maturity study
Corn row width and hybrid study
Stover removal corn corn rotation
Stover removal corn soybean rotation
Strip-tilled continuous corn N rate