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Weather Extremes Challenge Corn Nitrogen Management
2013-08-01 17:03:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
The nitrogen conundrum | Weather extremes challenge practical corn fertility strategies Nitrogen management is entirely about risk management, especially this year. Theres an economic risk of wasting money and being seen as environmentally reckless by applying too much N, and a risk of corn yield loss from applying too little, says Dan Frieberg, president of Premier Crop Systems, LLC, in West Des Moines, Iowa. But theres also a risk thats not talked about much allowing nitrogen-management decisions to adversely affect other crop-production operations. read more
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