ecmn | GrainTrader - 2/5/2026 05:53
One of my worries is in a program like you are describing, you may be topping off your past program and then drawing down. To raise top yields do you need 3/4 of the dry program you used in the past and the current “liquid” program? If so does that math math? That’s my worry. 10+ years down the road.
Liquid or dry has no bearing on yield. As long as you're meeting the plants needs. You're filling the gaps that the soil can't provide.
The fear of making a change to a fertilizer plan and losing yield is very real. But these companies are talking about a system that has you measuring a lot more often and probably do things that you work measuring before.
And there is almost no way that by measuring more you're going to hurt yourself
Here's the hook if I sell you a jug of let's say phosphorus and you follow my program and your soil tests are maintaining. The system is working. I know that I'm also going to be able to start selling you other fertilizers. Whether it's micro or macro nutrients.
Only difference between liquid or dry would be the same as liquid versus liquid and dry versus dry is you can get some products that are a lot higher quality. With the higher quality product, liquid or dry doesn't matter. You're allowed to have a little more flexibility a little more opportunity to feed the plant.
Think of 28% fantastic product. You can throw it out there ahead of the planter knife it in or stream it on a side dressing time. Works great. But you're not going to go out there and run it through your sprayer on top of your crop.
So you get a product like coron from Helena. You're not going to replace your 28% because that's just silly. It'd be way way too expensive.
But late season coron on corn or soybeans or wheat. Anything that needs nitrogen late season a tiny application is filling a gap has the potential to give you a fantastic crop response.
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