Tagged: Nitrogen

The Truth About Phosphorus for Crop Nutrition & Soil Health

  The Importance of Phosphorus Ever wonder why some fields are impacted by drought more than others?  It could be the result of low phosphorus levels in the soil.   Phosphorus is a key contributor to plant and root development, along with nutrient uptake. From a technical standpoint, phosphorus is a fundamental element of a plant’s…
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Why Nitrogen is the Lifeblood of Your Crop

  A plant needs many nutrients to produce a good yield, but when it comes down to the basics, nitrogen is the lifeblood of your crops. This nutrient affects nearly every vital element of a plant’s life and structure. The Importance of Nitrogen To grow yields, a plant has to convert sugars into energy, and…
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Quarterly Newsletter: October 2019

12 – 15 Month Financing, Agronomy Research Book arriving soon, Seed Genetics, Potassium Deficiencies in Soybeans

2019 Nitrogen Loss and Recommendations

Nitrogen loss will be a big concern in 2019 given all the wet weather. As such and for good reason, there have been many questions regarding how much N may have been lost and what we can do to go about correcting these N loss problems. To address these concerns and questions I have made a video discussing these various issues.

Urea – A Poor Choice of Nitrogen Fertilizer for In-Season N Applications

  Summary Urea fertilizer, if not incorporated by tillage or precipitation, is highly susceptible to ammonia volatilization (loss to the atmosphere as ammonia gas). Uniform application of urea can be problematic due to segregation of larger and smaller urea prills and due to physical spread pattern interference from standing corn during in-season applications. Liquid UAN…
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