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Farmers use Sustain program to incorporate science into nitrogen application timing and rates
2016-07-20 20:47:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Sustain program helps farmers use more science to determine best nitrogen timing and application rates First, I was surprised that Adapt-N and our Soil Scan 360 testing found so much of the 150 to 160 pounds of N applied in the spring could be lost by the summer. And then I was surprised that when we added 50 pounds of N per acre by plane in June, there was a 30 bushel per acre yield increase. -- Brent Hall, agronomy manager, South Central Co-op, Lacona, Iowa read more
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