Nitrogen recommendations are being lowered in many cases.
Brad Carlson is an extension crops educator with the University of Minnesota.
“Our nitrogen recommendations are not an average, they actually encompass most situations. And in most situations you could apply less nitrogen and still get the same yield.”
He tells Brownfield university research is telling.
“In 2016 the 20 percent most profitable farms had a fertilizer cost of $138 dollars per-acre, and the 20 percent least profitable farms had a fertilizer cost of $177 dollars per-acre.”
Carlson says the data verifies farmers who are over-fertilizing are probably less profitable.
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