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Nitrapyrin (N-Serve) With Anhydrous Ammonia At/Near Corn Planting, John H. Grove
Nitrapyrin (N-Serve) With Anhydrous Ammonia At/Near Corn Planting, John H. Grove
Agronomy Notes
Higher prices for energy are driving corn fertilizer nitrogen (N) prices higher as well. This increases interest in alternative management practices and products that optimize corn’s N nutrition, but maintain grower profit. Alternatives permitting fertilizer N rate reductions include: a) changes in N application timing and placement; b) using alternative sources of N (ex. poultry litter) to meet part of corn’s N need; and c) using fertilizer N additives that improve N use efficiency by inhibiting one or more N loss processes in the soil N cycle (biological N transformations).