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East Central Ia | grid sample and vrt are going to be great ways to save some fertilizer money this year... IF your soil tests are variable.
Mine are variable and I have about about 15% of my ground that needs zero Map/Dap spread. All but 23acs needs potash.
I am putting on a one year removal plus a slight build and its costing me $78/ac in P&K.
I am getting my fertilizer in semi loads and saving $30-40/ton.
Your fertilizer costs seem high to me.
My math says your cost is $625/Ton MAP
My pricing is $527 if I pick it up and I spread it.
Or $573.5/Ton VRT Spread.
The Potash comes out to $500/Ton
My pricing is $439/Ton picked up and I spread it.
Or $485.5/Ton VRT Spread.
In my opinion you can't cut your way to a profit... especially with the big three fertilizers. If you want to cut something I would look at the Micros and possibly the AMS. But the AMS is going to be a source of N so you need to factor that into your total N costs as well.
If you need to work out what you are comfortable spreading inside your budget and do that. But unless all your soil tests are H-VH I would not cut that application completely. | |
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fertilizer dilemma
