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High efficiency Nitrogen Study for Greenhouse gas Reduction through Agricultural Carbon Enhancement network in Fort Collins, Colorado

Published by Agricultural Research Service | Department of Agriculture | Metadata Last Checked: January 27, 2026 | Last Modified: 2025-11-22
High efficiency Nitrogen Study for Greenhouse gas Reduction through Agricultural Carbon Enhancement network in Fort Collins, Colorado Nitrogen fertilization is essential for optimizing crop yields; however, it increases N2O emissions. The study objective was to compare N2O emissions resulting from application of commercially available enhanced-efficiency N fertilizers with emissions from conventional dry granular urea in irrigated cropping systems. These emissions were monitored from several irrigated cropping systems receiving N fertilizer rates ranging from 0-202 kg/ha years 2009-2011. Fertilizer types include Urea, UAN, SuperU (N inhibitor), ESN(slow release). In 2009, we eliminated the conventional tillage treatment. Cropping systems from 2009-2011 included a more conservative strip-till continuous corn (ST-CC) rotation and a no-till continuous corn (NT-CC) rotation. We also tested different fertilizer placements, including broadcast (bc), surface banded (bd) sub-surface banded (ssb) N inputs. Nitrous oxide fluxes were measured during these three growing seasons using static, vented chambers and a gas chromatograph analyzer. This work shows that the use of no-till and enhanced-efficiency N fertilizers can potentially reduce N2O emissions from irrigated systems. Resources in this dataset:Resource Title: Fort Collins, CO High Efficiency Nitrogen Study (COFOARD3) CSV data. File Name: COFOARD3_csv_data.zipResource Description: CSV format data on Experimental Units, Field Sites, Greenhouse Gas Flux, Residue Management, Soil Chemistry, Soil Physics, Amendments, Planting, Tillage, Persons, Treatments, Weather Daily, Weather Station.

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