PI (Total $1,755,583; $1,665,419 in Current Position)

• Improving soil fertility and nutrient management recommendations for corn and soybean in Louisiana. Louisiana Soybean & Grain Research and Promotion Board. Apr. 2023 – Mar. 2024. $70,000.
• Spatial and temporal variation of soil sampling affecting phosphorus and potassium recommendations for soybean. Mid-South Soybean Board. Apr. 2023 – Mar. 2024. $20,000.
• Spatial and temporal variation of soil sampling affecting phosphorus and potassium recommendations for corn and soybean. Louisiana Soybean & Grain Research and Promotion Board. Apr. 2022 – Mar. 2024. $40,000.
• Spatial and temporal variation of soil sampling affecting phosphorus and potassium recommendations for cotton. Cotton Incorporated, Louisiana State Support Committee. Jan. 2022 – Dec. 2022. $5,000.
• Reevaluation of phosphorus and potassium fertility at different soil depths for soybean production in Louisiana. Louisiana Soybean & Grain Research and Promotion Board. Apr. 2020 – Mar. 2023. $98,000.
• Correlation and calibration study: Corn response to phosphorus and potassium rates. Fertilizer Recommendation Support Tool (FRST). Apr. 2023 – Mar. 2024. $10,000.
• Correlation and calibration study: Soybean response to phosphorus and potassium rates. Fertilizer Recommendation Support Tool (FRST). Apr. 2021 – Mar. 2022. $10,000.
• Evaluation of commercial foliar fertilizers for corn and soybean production in Louisiana. Louisiana Soybean & Grain Research and Promotion Board. Apr. 2020 – Mar. 2023. $90,000.
• Effect of crop inputs on corn and soybean yields in Louisiana. Louisiana Soybean & Grain Research and Promotion Board. Apr. 2020 – Mar. 2023. $95,000.
• Investigation of cotton response to soil-applied liquid fertilizers. Cotton Incorporated, Louisiana State Support Committee. Jan. 2021 – Dec. 2023. $22,500.
• Soybean yield components and seed nutrient concentration responses among nodes to phosphorus fertility. Mid-South Soybean Board. Apr. 2021 – May 2024. $106,357 ($37,000 subaward from University of Arkansas).
• Evaluation of commercial foliar fertilizers for cotton production in Louisiana. Cotton Incorporated, Louisiana State Support Committee. Jan. 2020 – Dec. 2020. $8,000.
• Improve outreach to improve soils: combining data, economics, and education to improve soil health across the south-central United States. USDA NRCS-CIG. Sep. 2018 – Sep. 2022. $1,090,562 ($150,000 subaward from Texas A&M University).
• Increasing profitability of small grain-soybean double-crop systems in the mid-Atlantic U.S. to improve soil health and minimize off-site impacts. Delmarva Land Grant Inst. Coop. Research Seed Funding Program. Apr. 2017 – Mar. 2019. $29,933.
• Increasing yield and profitability for mid-Atlantic double-crop soybean. Virginia Soybean Board. Apr. 2017 – Jun. 2018. $34,156.
• Increasing yields and profitability for Mid-Atlantic double-crop soybean. Virginia Soybean Board. Apr. 2016 – Jun. 2017. $26,075.

Co- PI (Total $11,137,291; $11,097,486 in Current Position)

• Modernizing fertilizer recommendations for climate-smart crop production in the southern region: The fertilizer recommendation support tool (FRST). USDA NRCS-CIG. Oct. 2023 – Sep. 2026. $553,413.
• Climate resilient innovations for sustainable production of RICE (CRISP-RICE). USDA-NIFA. Apr. 2023 – Mar. 2027. $10,000,000 ($339,000 for soil fertility program).
• Improving crop yield and soil carbon accumulation in Louisiana soybean and corn production with sugarcane bagasse biochar. USDA NRCS-CIG. Sep. 2021 – Aug. 2024. $150,000 ($30,000 for soil fertility program).
• Harvesting UAV and machine learning technologies to promote resilient soybean and corn productions. Louisiana Soybean & Grain Research and Promotion Board. Apr. 2022 – Mar. 2024. $70,000.
• Evaluation of phosphorus and potassium applications to commercial corn fields in northeast Louisiana. Louisiana Soybean & Grain Research and Promotion Board. Apr. 2020 – Mar. 2024. $88,073.
• Sulfur fertilization updates: Application rates, sources, and potential of biostimulant. Louisiana Soybean & Grain Research and Promotion Board. Apr. 2021 – Mar. 2024. $96,000.
• Evaluation of mature seed damage resistance, fertilizer inputs, and planting practices to increase soybean yield and profits in Louisiana. Louisiana Soybean & Grain Research and Promotion Board. Apr. 2021 – Mar. 2024. $60,000.
• Evaluation of micronutrient fertility to increase corn yields in Louisiana. Louisiana Soybean & Grain Research and Promotion Board. Apr. 2021 – Mar. 2024. $80,000.
• Increasing profitability for Virginia's double crop wheat-soybean system. Virginia Agricultural Council. Jul. 2017 – Jun. 2018. $20,093.
• Increasing yields and profitability for mid-Atlantic double-crop soybean. North Carolina Soybean Producers Association. Apr. 2017 – Mar. 2018. $9,212.
• Increasing yields and profitability of double-crop soybean. University of Delaware. Mar. 2017 – Feb. 2018. $4,882.
• Increasing yields and profitability for mid-Atlantic double-crop soybean. Pennsylvania Soybean Board. Feb. 2017 – Mar. 2018. $5,618.

Industry Financial Support (Total $167,720)

• Evaluation of soil-applied liquid K (K-fuel). Nachurs Alpine Solutions. Apr. 2021 – Mar. 2022. $24,000.
• Evaluation of foliar bioscience and nutritionals for yield enhancement in soybean. Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLC. Apr. 2020 – Mar. 2022. $8,400.
• Evaluation of Nu3zer application on rice yield and milling and nitrogen uptake. IBEX Bionomics, LLC. Apr. 2021 – Dec. 2021. $5,000.
• Evaluation of micronutrients for yield enhancement in corn, cotton, and soybean. Earth Science Laboratories. Apr. 2020 – Mar. 2022. $20,700.
• Investigation of PhytoGen cotton genotypes response to nitrogen, potassium, and sulfur fertility. PhytoGen Cottonseed. Apr. 2021 – Mar. 2023. $30,000.
• Investigation of cotton response to MicroEssentials (MES). The Mosaic Company. Apr. 2021 – Mar. 2023. $17,000.
• Effect of nanobubble-infused N fertilizer on corn yield. RainAg. Apr. 2021 – Dec. 2021. $2,000.
• Soil fertility and nutrient management field day. Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLC. July 29, 2021. $500.
• Soil fertility and nutrient management field day. Ouachita Fertilizer Company. July 29, 2021. $1500.
• Soil fertility and nutrient management field day. Earth Science Laboratories. July 29, 2021. $500.
• Effect of bio huma netics on soybean yield. Huma Gro. Apr. 2020 – Mar. 2021. $3,000.
• Soybean, corn, cotton, and grain sorghum official variety testing (OVT). Seed Companies. Jan. 2020 – Mar. 2022. $58,120.
• Earth Science Laboratories. Provided foliar zinc and manganese fertilizers. 2020 – 2022.
• Wakefield Biochar. Provided wood biochar for soil health research. 2022 – 2023.
• American Biocarbon. Provided sugarcane biochar for soil health research. 2022 – 2023.
• Frit Industries Inc. Provided granular zinc (F420G) fertilizer. 2021.
• Asgrow Seed Co LLC. Provided soybean seeds for research plots. 2022.
• Dekalb Genetics Corporation. Provided corn seeds for research plots. 2022.
• Dynagro Seed. Provided corn and soybean seeds for research plots. 2021 – 2022.
• Pioneer. Provided corn and soybean seeds for research plots. 2021 – 2022.
• Progeny Ag. Provided corn and soybean seeds for research plots. 2021 – 2022.
• PhytoGen Cottonseed. Provided cotton seeds for research plots. 2021 – 2022.
• Ouachita Fertilizer Company. Provided foliar nutrient products. 2020 – 2023.
• Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLC. Provided foliar nutrient products. 2020 – 2022.
• Nutrien. Provided foliar nutrient products (LoKomotive). 2020 – 2023.
• Nachurs Alpine Solutions. Provided foliar nutrient products. 2020 – 2023.
• LSB Industries. Provided ammonium nitrate fertilizer. 2020 – 2021.
• Koch Industries Inc. Provided foliar nitrogen fertilizer (Nitamin). 2020 – 2021.

Industry In-kind Support

• Earth Science Laboratories. Provided foliar zinc and manganese fertilizers. 2020 – 2022.
• Wakefield Biochar. Provided wood biochar for soil health research. 2022 – 2023.
• American Biocarbon. Provided sugarcane biochar for soil health research. 2022 – 2023.
• Frit Industries Inc. Provided granular zinc (F420G) fertilizer. 2021.
• Asgrow Seed Co LLC. Provided soybean seeds for research plots. 2022.
• Dekalb Genetics Corporation. Provided corn seeds for research plots. 2022.
• Dynagro Seed. Provided corn and soybean seeds for research plots. 2021 – 2022.
• Pioneer. Provided corn and soybean seeds for research plots. 2021 – 2022.
• Progeny Ag. Provided corn and soybean seeds for research plots. 2021 – 2022.
• PhytoGen Cottonseed. Provided cotton seeds for research plots. 2021 – 2022.
• Ouachita Fertilizer Company. Provided foliar nutrient products. 2020 – 2023.
• Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLC. Provided foliar nutrient products. 2020 – 2022.
• Nutrien. Provided foliar nutrient products (LoKomotive). 2020 – 2023.
• Nachurs Alpine Solutions. Provided foliar nutrient products. 2020 – 2023.
• LSB Industries. Provided ammonium nitrate fertilizer. 2020 – 2021.
• Koch Industries Inc. Provided foliar nitrogen fertilizer (Nitamin). 2020 – 2021.