The Nebraska Soybean and Feed Grains Profitability Project (NSFGPP) combines the efforts of University of Nebraska-Lincon (UNL) Extension faculty, Nebraska producers and agribusiness representatives to help producer members determine profitable production and management practices for localized areas.

Members' equipment is used to establish, manage, and harvest field-size research comparisons. Agribusiness representatives and members monitor the fields and record relevant data. UNL personnel analyze results and document profitability differences among treatments.

Producer interested in joining the NSFGPP should contact UNL Extension Educators Dave Varner or Keith Glewen to arrange an appointment to discuss your on-farm research interests further. 

This initial meeting will only take an hour or two.  Ideally, this meeting includes you, an agribusiness representative of your choice, and Dave and/or Keith.  We will help you design an on-farm research experiment to address the specific questions that you have about improving your farm operation.  When you leave this meeting you will have a an experimental plan in hand.

In the spring you and your agribusiness representative will establish your on-farm research site.  Throughout the growing season both parties will monitor the field and record observations relevant to the study.

Dave or Keith will mail you a packet with the forms and procedures that you will need to harvest and document your research study properly.  These forms will include the Harvest Checklist and Information Form and a Paired Comparison Form or Randomized Complete Block Form.  Your agribusiness partner will generally assist with this task.  Once acompleted you forward a copy of your results to Keith or Dave.

We will statistically analyze your data and then arrange for a winter consultation with you and your agribusiness representative.  This consultation will focus on reviewing the results of your study, both statistically and economically.  A confidential economic analysis of your study will be custom developed for your study.  The remaining portion of this meeting will focus on refining your research study for the coming year.  Enrollment in the NSFGPP requires a commitment of three-years toward the project to generate reliable results.

In early March all NSFGPP members are invited to the Annual NSFGPP Research Review where all member share the results of their respective studies.  You not only learn from your own on-farm research, but from approximately forty other on-farm research studies too!

Contact Information

Keith Glewen
UNL Extension Educator
1071 County Road G, Room B
Ithaca, NE 68033-2234
Phone: 402-624-8030
Fax: 402-624-8010
Email: kglewen1@unl.edu

Dave Varner
UNL Extension Educator
1206 West 23rd Street
Fremont, NE 68025
Phone: 402-727-2775
Fax: 402-727-2777
Email: dvarner1@unl.edu