National Ag News
Managing nitrogen in a wet spring
May 26, 2017, 17:20 PM
by
System
An agronomist says the soggy spring has created nitrogen issues across much of the Corn Belt.
Greg Schwab is director of agronomy for Koch Agronomic Services.
He says after the wet start to planting season farmers should see how much nitrogen remains in the field. “They can pull a pre-sidedress nitrate soil sample,” he says. “To try to assess that nitrogen. A lot of them will be going back with some additional nitrogen, likely.”
He tells Brownfield farmers will need to implement strategies to prevent additional nitrogen loss – like utilizing a stabilizer with UAN or urea.
Continue reading Managing nitrogen in a wet spring at Brownfield Ag News.
