Variable-rate fertilizer can improve your field’s yield uniformity – but don’t expect huge fertilizer savings, an Ontario agronomist cautions.
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How to start variable-rate fertilizer application
Precision approach can improve yield uniformity, but don’t expect huge fertilizer savings
High fertilizer prices could drive innovation in application
There are ways to apply less fertilizer, but they haven’t been widely adopted
Fertilizer prices are up due to the war in Iran. Higher prices could drive innovation in how farmers apply nitrogen this growing season, John Greig writes.
Nitrogen rate decisions improve with local data
On-farm trials give valuable and sometimes confusing results for farmer decisions
On-farm trials across the province show just how challenging it is to make decisions on exact nitrogen use in crops, and how local the influencing conditions can be. Several farmers talked about their 2023 trials at the Southwest Ag Conference in early January. In Lambton County, Brad Podolinsky looked at three nitrogen rates in a […] Read more