Agronomist gives tips on spring anhydrous application

Agronomist gives tips on spring anhydrous application

An Illinois agronomist warns

farmers not to apply anhydrous too close to planting this spring.

Brent Tharp with Wyffels Hybrids based in Northwest Illinois tells Brownfield,

“The amount of time between a spring anhydrous application and planting, the longer that window is, the safer it is. Soil moisture is a factor as well as the amount of space in between where that nitrogen was injected versus where the seed is going to be placed.”  

He says farmer should offset planter rows from nitrogen knife tracks, pay attention to anhydrous bar depth and avoid wet soils to prevent plant damage from anhydrous.

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