Fertilizer
Questions about crop response and yield increase.
When farmland draws a premium, you’d expect the soil to be in good shape, right? More landowners are considering fertility clauses in their farm leases to ensure tenants don’t suck the soil dry.
What you did this past fall, what you’re doing this spring and the plans you’re making for the summer will make a huge difference in the combine at the end of the year.
By now, you’re familiar with the idea of the 4 Rs of nitrogen. Is it worth the hype? Test plots indicate these factors, combined with specific hybrid characteristics can have huge yield implications.
This week’s fertilizer price action has states in the southwestern corner of our survey area lower as areas farther north continue to firm ahead of spring applications.
Urea and UAN32% favored a weaker tone this week as the rest of the nitrogen segment firmed.
Gains tallied $0.00 to Declines’ $42.87 in the regional averages.
The lifting of economic sanctions against Iran has been discussed in the oil sector, but Iran also has designs on increasing its national fertilizer production with the aim of becoming fertilizer self-sufficient. It has