Joining us today is plant physiologist Nicolas Cafaro La Menza, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Here, he researches the development of agronomic strategies and tools to enhance agroecosystems management.

Based at a research station in West Central Nebraska, Nicolas works in both research and extension. Nicolas closely studies the nutrients and resource use of crops to enhance plant growth – specifically looking at factors such as sunlight, water, phosphorus, and nitrogen…

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• The importance of maintaining well-balanced nutrient levels in crops.
• How nitrogen levels in soybeans can be altered to achieve higher yields.
• The kinds of crops that react well to nitrogen fixation.
• Why phosphorus is a less mobile nutrient than nitrogen.

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Episode also available on Apple Podcast: http://apple.co/30PvU9C