We’re hiring for a manager of our research group activities in the field and laboratory. Please share! isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/IowaStateJobs/…

Iowa State University asking farmers to volunteer for nitrogen study kcrg.com/2023/10/26/iow…

Soil Temperatures: Are we there yet? dlvr.it/Sy8NJg

See you on Monday, Dec 4 for a presentation on the Iowa Nitrogen Initiative - updates with as much 2023 data as we can get in before then and a look toward 2024!

Have you read our paper of the year? Continuous in situ soil nitrate sensors: The importance of high-resolution measurements across time & a comparison with salt extraction-based methods doi.org/10.1002/saj2.2… Yunjiao Zhu mike castellano Sotirios Archontoulis James Schnable Iowa State Agronomy Iowa State Electrical and Computer Engineering

We’ve filled the flume with 12,000 lbs of soil (complete with scaled controlled drainage) to control hydrology and better understand how soil water dynamics affect N2O emissions

We are hiring a post doc for the lab to use existing databases and models to advance our understanding of agroecosystem carbon, nitrogen, and water dynamics. See link for more info: isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/IowaStateJobs/…

“Easy to do” - love to hear it, Kelly! We’re enrolling fields now through your last N application for 2024. A couple 5 minute calls get you started. Applying fall anhydrous? We can turn around a trial Rx lickety split! Submit your info here: form.jotform.com/231556290839060

Last week's Iowa Nutrient Research Center Focus on the Future seminar with Tyler Groh and Andrew Rupiper discussing their research on saturated riparian buffers and water quality impacts of beaver dams is online at go.iastate.edu/HKUSRA. Thanks to Tyler and Andrew for great presentations!

Check in opens bright and early tomorrow for the 34th annual #ICMConference! Directions and parking details can be found here: aep.iastate.edu/icm/venue.html…. See you all in the morning! #ISUCrops #ICMConference

Join Us at Noon - January 3 ILF Webinar: How do we Best Define and Promote Soil Health? with mike castellano, Iowa State University iastate.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

The Sustainable Agroecosystem Research Group (Castellano lab) is hiring a research scientist to carry out lab and field experiments in biogeochemical cycling and transport within soil to maximize sustainable productivity of ag systems. Posting closes 2/25 isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/IowaStateJobs/…

Pleased to share that registration is open for the 2024 #APSIM Next Gen training workshop (June 17-19, Ames, IA). The course is limited to 25 participants. Link: regcytes.extension.iastate.edu/apsim/ Iowa State Agronomy

We had an excellent time today! Saw some old friends and lots of new faces. We appreciate your partnership and the invitation to speak!

MS student Leanne Makens is presenting her thesis, “Examination of topography and soil properties and their relationship to corn yield stability in central Iowa agricultural fields.”

Michael Castellano, a professor at Iowa State University’s Dept of Agronomy testified b4 the Senate Budget Cmte 2day This professor brought a lot of common sense testimony to the cmte on the subject of water scarcity

Good work from Andrew Rupiper on beaver dam impact on nutrients during his MS defense this morning. Andrew has already started his doctoral research in the Castellano lab.

Check out our new Extension publication "Pounds of Nitrogen per Bushel of Corn - Benchmarking Farms Against Local Averages" store.extension.iastate.edu/Product/17043 Authors Mitch Baum, Sotirios Archontoulis , Daniel Andersen and mike castellano

Lab meetings have kicked off for the academic year. Each week we have a presentation from one of our group members. Today we’re learning from post doc Rizwan Shahid, whose work has centered around crop production and nitrogen use efficiency.