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Wet spring leads to nitrogen loss
Jun 12, 2017, 15:17 PM
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A wet spring has led to nitrogen loss in many parts of the Corn Belt.
Dr. Fabian Fernandez, an associate professor of nutrient management at the University of Minnesota, says anhydrous ammonia applied last fall and early this spring had more time to convert into nitrate—the form of nitrogen that most easily moves with water below the root zone.
“If the fertilizer was applied later in the spring, it takes a while typically for that nitrogen to transform to nitrate.
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