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USDA releases ag chemical survey results
May 15, 2017, 14:54 PM
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The USDA’s National Agricultural Statics Service says farmers increased their nitrogen applications slightly while decreasing phosphorus on corn acres last year.
In USDA’s Ag Chemical Use Survey, farmers applied nitrogen to 97 percent of planted acres, at an average rate of 145 pounds, one pound more than respondents in the 2014 survey. Farmers cut phosphorus applications by three pounds to the acre.
Pesticide use remained steady with farmers using herbicides on 97 percent of planted acres and fungicides on 12 percent of corn fields.
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