August 5 – Welcome Reception
Join us for an informal evening of fun, food, and social networking within the NUE Community. The event will be held at Papa Del’s Pizza Factory from 5 to 8 PM. We look forward to seeing you there!
Location: Papa Del’s Pizza Factory, Inc. 1201 South Neil Street, Champaign, IL 61820
August 6 – Oral and Poster Sessions
Illinois Ballroom, I-Hotel & Conference Center
| 7 am | Registration, Light Breakfast Pastries/Coffee, Poster Set Up |
| 8:15 am | Welcome to the University of Illinois Dr. German Bollero, Professor and Dean, College of ACES |
| 8:30 am | NUE Planning Committee Welcome Dr. Emerson Nafziger, Crop Sciences, UIUC |
| 8:45–10:15 am | Session 1 – Remote Sensing Moderator: Emerson Nafziger Dr. Jim Schepers: History of Active Crop Canopy Sensors Dr. Curtis Ransom: A Missouri View of Optical Canopy Sensors: Past Achievements and Future Prospects Dr. Kaiyu Guan: New Developments in Crop Canopy Sensing and N Management |
| 10:15–10:45 am | Break |
| 10:45 am | Graduate Student Data Hackathon Project Reports Moderator: Dr. John Jones Virginia Tech Wildcat Squad – Kansas State University Jacks Hack – South Dakota State University Southern Illinois University |
| 11:45 AM | Group photo |
| 12:00–1:00 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00–2:30 pm | Session 2 – Manure management Moderator: Dr. Amir Sadeghpour Dr. Baoluo Ma: Dairy Manure – an Important Source of Improved Crop Yields and Soil Carbon Retention Dr. Matt Ruark: Exactly How Variable are Manure N Credits? Dr. Amir Sadeghpour: Managing N, P, and Soil Health with Manure, Compost, and Inorganic N Fertilizer |
| 2:30–2:45 pm | Break |
| 2:45 PM | Dr. Hanna Poffenbarger: Effects of Cover Crops on Optimum N Rate for Corn |
| 3:15–4:15 pm | Session 3 – Precision N Management and tools Moderator: Dr. John Jones Dr. Nicolas Martin: Can We Predict Nitrogen Management Zones in Illinois? Dr. David Bullock: The Data-Intensive Farm Management Project: On-farm Nitrogen Rate Experimentation |
| 4:15–6:00 pm | Poster Session and Poster Judging |
| 5:30–7:00 pm | Networking: Hors d’oeuvres & cash bar |
August 7 – Oral Sessions
Illinois Ballroom, I-Hotel & Conference Center
| 7:30 am | Light Breakfast Pastries/Coffee |
| 8:00–9:30 am | Session 4 – Enhanced efficiency fertilizers Moderator: Dr. Jake Vossenkemper Dr. Jake Vossenkemper: How Effective is ATS at Inhibiting Nitrification – New Insights Dr. Gurbir Singh: Nitrogen Stabilizers and Nitrogen Rates for Corn Production on Variable Landscapes Dr. Daniel Wasonga: Nitrogen Efficiency and Loss Potential of Fall-Applied Anhydrous Ammonia and Controlled-Release N Fertilizer |
| 9:30–10:00 am | Dr. Alan Blaylock: Sulfur as a Nitrogen Co-fertilizer |
| 10:00–10:15 am | Break |
| 10:15–11:15 am | Session 5 – Database support for N Rate Recommendations Moderator: Dr. Emerson Nafziger Dr. Mike Castellano: The Iowa N Project Dr. Emerson Nafziger: The Challenge of Nitrogen Going Forward |
| 11:15 am | Presentation of Hackathon and Poster Awards |
| 11:30 am | Discussion of 2025 location and other pressing issues |
| 12:00 pm | Boxed lunch |