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| Joel here in eastern washington we rely on center pivot irrigation 100 percent for our water needs so we fertigate to minimize nitrate leaching and maximize uptake by the plants. We are one of the few that apply anhydrous to our corn. Most of the other farmers don't want the risk of injury or don't have the time to apply the fert. but since we are usually dam er dikeing to privent water runoff any way, we mounted the anhydrous setup to our shanks of the dikker which are stronger than conventional anhydrous shanks so we can go a little deeper and faster. plus we are serving 2 goals at once.
Cost is a big incentive the anhydrous here is cheaper than others, and i believe the corn responds better to it than other fertilizers unit for unit.
Hi Doug me name is Tyler Richolson i am one of Joel's students here at WIU. i was very interested in what you had to say. i just visited Eastern Washington about 4 mouths ago. i was amazed at the farm practices i saw out there being from northern Illinois thing there were different from what i normal see. What tip of fertilizer do your nabers put on since you are one of the few that put on AA. were in Washington are you from when i was was out there i main saw wheat and barley being grown.
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Why do you choose to or not to use anhydrous?
