Nicole Hansen with Cranberry Creek is a 2023 Nitrogen Optimization Pilot Program grant recipient. She's investigating nitrogen-application timing in Wisconsin cranberry marshes, working closely with the University of Wisconsin-Division of Extension. Allison Jonjak, cranberry-outreach specialist with Extension, says, 'University research on nitrogen-fertilizer timing in cranberries is difficult because application logistics are hard to replicate in a lab, and nitrogen timing is very reliant on a grower's logistics capabilities. The provision of funds for field-scale on-marsh research using cranberry growers' actual application equipment is the first opportunity we've had to research nitrogen-application timing in a way that will help growers become even-better stewards of their businesses, vines, land and water.'