Calculator To Determine N Rate

“I think there is tremendous potential for this calculator. I can assure you that something like this is going to become a valuable tool in the farming community.” – DON FLATEN When nitrogen prices went through the roof a few years ago, farmers flooded John Heard with queries about determining the optimum economic application rate

Getting The Most Out Of Green Gold

“Being the opportunistic SOBs that we are in the industry, we take that free nitrogen, convert it to something, and then charge the guys for it.” – RAY DOWBENKO Growing crops to feed the world removes nitrogen from the soil. To figure out how much needs to be put back in for next year, a


Nitrogen Miser

As every agronomy student knows, three things are required to produce a crop moisture, sunlight and nutrients. The challenge is to make sure crops receive just the right amount of each, at just the proper time. Managing nutrients especially nitrogen is one of the greatest challenges. That’s because even if the proper amount is applied

New twists on growing nitrogen, building soil organic matter

It is well known that alfalfa and other legumes in a crop rotation fix nitrogen from the atmosphere into the soil. What may be less widely understood, however, is the extra boost that more diverse crop rotations offer to long-term yields in the form of increased organic matter. This phenomenon is described by soil scientists


Slower is better for N uptake: UAP

UAP has launched a new slow-release nitrogen fertilizer that it says will allow farmers to plan around a “more targeted” foliar N application later in a growing season. The product, N-Pact, is a patented 26-0-0 Triazone fol iar formulat ion, which “allows better foliar uptake without the leaf burning often associated with other nitrogen fertility