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2023-07-08T16:27:35+00:00
Iowa STAR – 2023 Field Form
2023 Crop Year
(Defined as
after harvest
in 2022
through the harvest
of 2023)
STAR Field Form
FARMER / OWNER
First Name
*
Last Name
*
Phone
*
Email
*
LOCATION
City
*
Address
*
Zip
*
Township & Range
*
County
*
DETAILS
Section
Acres
Field Name & Number/Tract
Crop
INSTRUCTIONS
Please review these instructions. Accurate responses will help ensure your field is awarded the correct points.
Read every item under each category. More than one selection is possible, but sometimes no items will be selected.
Example: From the Cover Crops section – You planted a cover crop mix of cereal rye and tillage radish. You select “Winter hardy – single species” and “Non-winter hardy – single species.”
Completely read each statement. Several statements have more than one qualifier that needs to be met.
Example: From the Spring Tillage section – “Any full width operation, limited to a single pass, where no fall tillage was performed.”
SECTION 1: First, tell us about your cover crops, soil sampling, and nutrient management.
Cover Crops (Summer 2021 – Fall 2021) - Established growth must exceed 4 inches in height. Crop will not be harvested for grain.
Winter hardy, single species
Winter hardy, multiple species
Non- winter hardy, single species
Non-winter hardy, multiple species
Winter hardy, terminated after spring ‘21 planting
Soil Sampling (Use the previous 5-year history) Sample results must include organic matter content
Not sampled
Sampled every 4 years or less (Minimum of 1 sample per each 10 acres in the field)
GPS grid sampled, 2.5 acres or less per grid
Zone sampled, no more than 10 acres per zone
Nutrient Management (Fall 2021 – February 2022)
No nitrogen was applied in this time frame, no points awarded if soybean is the following crop
No more than 50% of the total Nitrogen Program (from all sources) was applied as NH3 with an inhibitor
Manure/Biosolid injected or incorporated
Manure applied, not incorporated
Any N containing fertilizer or manure applied when the 4-inch depth soil temperature is above 50 degrees
Manure applied ahead of a soybean crop
Nutrient Management (March 1, 2021– Summer 2022)
Spring/summer nitrogen application(s) amounted to 50% - 74% of the total Nitrogen Program(all sources)
Spring/summer nitrogen application(s) amounted to at least 75% of the total Nitrogen Program(all sources)
A nitrogen side-dress (or top-dress) application was at least 25% of the total Nitrogen Program(all sources)
Manure/Biosolid injected or applied and incorporated within 24 hours
Manure applied, not incorporated
Additional Nutrient Activities
Nitrogen rate on corn greater than 110% of the highest profitable MRTN rate*
Nitrogen rate within or less than the profitable MRTN rate range*
Nitrogen rate within 110% of the highest profitable MRTN rate*
At least 50% of actual phosphorus was banded subsurface Fall or Spring
Used Triple Super Phosphate (0-45-0) (fall applied)
Phosphorus and/or potassium rates applied based PM 1688 rates or less and/or soil samples (may be 0)
Used Variable Rate Technology application
Any fertilizer source containing nitrogen or phosphorous was broadcast on frozen or snow-covered ground
Greater than 50% of nitrogen is N credit from cover crop or previous forage crop
Manure applied prior to soybeans or any other legume crop
SECTION 2: Now, let’s establish a crop history for this field.
Enter the crop name then select each year to indicate the crop history of this individual field.
Enter Crop Name
Corn, Soybeans, Small Grains, Forage (please be specific)
2017
2018