Agenda

Mon
Aug 04
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Join us for an informal evening of fun, food, and social networking within the NUE Community. The event will be held at Jethro’s BBQ from 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. We look forward to seeing you there!

Location: Jethro’s BBQ, 1301 Buckeye Ave, Ames, IA 50010

Tue
Aug 05
Oral and Poster Presentations

7:00 am Registration, Light Breakfast Pastries and Coffee, Poster Set Up

8:10 am Welcome to Iowa State University

Glen Ritchie, Professor and Chair, Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University

8:20 am NUE Planning Committee Welcome

Glen Ritchie, Professor and Chair, Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University

8:30 – 10:00am Oral Presentation Session 1

Moderator: Dr. Richard Roth

  • Jim Schepers, Professor Emeritus, Department of Agronomy & Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    • Interactions and Effects of N on other Nutrients
  • Ana Morales, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Agronomy, Purdue University
    • From Theory to Practice: Foundational Insights and Lessons Learned from our On-Farm Precision Nitrogen Management Project (2021-2023)
  • Guillermo Balboa, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy & Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    • Crop Models and Sensor-Based Approaches for Precision Nitrogen Management in Corn: Lessons from Nebraska’s On-Farm Experiments

10:00 – 10:15 am Break

10:15 – 11:45 am Oral Presentation Session 2

Moderator: Mike Witt, Field Agronomist, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach

  • Tim Laatsch, Director of Agronomy, North America for Koch Agronomic Services
    • Urease and Nitrification Inhibitors: What is limiting grower adoption?
  • Logan Woodward, Product Development Agronomist, Pivot Bio
    • A New Source of Nitrogen via Microbes to Supplement Corn Nitrogen Needs
  • Brian Arnall, Professor, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Oklahoma State University
    • Summary of the multi-state study evaluating the use of biological products in the Cotton belt

11:45 am Group Photo

12:00 – 12:45 pm Lunch

12:45 – 1:25 pm Graduate Student Data Hackathon Project Reports

Moderator: Dr. Mitch Baum, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University

  • Team AgTigers, Louisiana State University
  • Team Precision>Accuracy, Iowa State University
  • Team Salukis, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
  • Team N-Sight, Kansas State University

1:25 – 2:15 pm Oral Presentation Session 3

  • Chad Hart, Professor, Department of Economics, Iowa State University
    • Global Commodity Markets

2:15 – 2:30 pm Break

2:30 – 4:30 pm Oral Presentation Session 4

Moderator: Josh Michel, Field Agronomist, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach

  • Alex Cleveringa, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University
    • Losing Control: What happens when we exclude the control treatment from fertilizer rate trials?
  • John Jones, Assistant Professor, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • Adjusting Corn Nitrogen Rate Guidelines for Application Timing: An Illinois Perspective
  • Ezequiel Saenz, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University
    • Has 40 years of maize breeding changed the optimum nitrogen fertilizer rate and its use efficiency?
  • Mike Castellano, Professor, Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University
    • Title TBD

4:30 – 6:00 pm Poster Session and Poster Judging

4:30 – 7:00 pm Networking: Hors d’oeuvres & Cash Bar

Wed
Aug 06
Oral Sessions

7:30 am Light Breakfast Pastries and Coffee

8:00 – 10:00 am Oral Presentation Session 4

Moderator: TBD

  • Amir Sadeghpour, Associate Professor, Department of Plant, Soil, and Agricultural Systems, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
    • Title TBD
  • Jason Clark, Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science, South Dakota State University
    • Cover crop mixtures and corn N requirements
  • Mila Pessotto, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University
    • Title TBD
  • Jake Vossenkemper, Director of Research & Agronomy, Twin State Inc.
    • Fertilization Practices that Reduce the Yield Gap When Corn Follows Cereal Rye

10:00 – 10:15 am Break

10:15 – 11:15 am Oral Presentation Session 5

Moderator: TBD

  • Dan Andersen, Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University
    • Title TBD
  • Matt Helmers, Professor, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University
    • Long-term nitrate-N loss from corn-soybean cropping systems: With and Without Nitrogen Inputs

11:15 am Presentation of Hackathon and Poster Awards

11:30 am Discussion of 2026 location and other pressing issues

12:00 pm Workshop Adjourns and Boxed Lunch to-go