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Lone Wolf Picker
Posted 1/16/2025 22:16 (#11059223 - in reply to #11058727)
Subject: RE: 0 lbs nitrogen test plot


Black Hawk County, IA
easymoney - 1/16/2025 15:41

Pvafarm - 1/16/2025 14:26

"There is a lot of potential savings there with a nutrient Management program!"

Expand on that thought.


Pretty simple. Most of us are buying a nitrogen credit based upon a yield goal. So he just bought 165 N credits to produce the second hundred bushels. 1.6 to 1. In "theory" he should have been able to get by with 50 less credits purchased.

a whole lot of theories and guesses about how much nitrogen credits we have from a previous crop and how much the soil should mineralize....Until we start testing ahead of a nitrogen application how do we really know what's going on?

Growing number of guys joining the .6 lbs applied club. I like to hear what they have to say.


I’m one of those guys. The 1.whatever pounds of N per bushel is an outdated recommendation. Been reducing rates, and paying more attention to timing, placement, and type of nitrogen used. My goal is .5#’s per bushel. This year we were .52#’s, but were short 9 inches of normal rainfall. Lots of good information out there of how to do it. Watch your ratios, and keep things balanced. Try 20 acres at lower rate plots, l bet you’ll learn something.
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