Question: It seems everyone in my area is switching from dry to liquid fertilizer on the planter. Am I suffering yield loss sticking with dry? Or, is it a handling issue?
Answer: The growers that have switched from dry to liquid starter fertilizer have chosen to do so mainly because of handling logistics. Making sure you have the proper blend and rate of starter fertilizer is more important, however, than whether it is dry or liquid.
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With liquid N fertilizers, variable-rate can be accomplished with a flow controller, a control valve and meter and a hydraulic-driven.
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Two decades of evaluating starter fertilizer have convinced Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie that the practice pays.
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