central - east central Minnesota - | Keith Mudd - 6/24/2013 20:36 My local Coop just bought a high clearance fertilizer spreader for top dressing corn. I would use treated urea. Anyone have any experience and any results compared to injecting NH3 or UAN?
Hopefully, it's an airflow and not a spinner spreader . . ...
Spinner spreaders are not as accurate as an airflow, especially opening up a field (edges) and in windy conditons.
If the field is rought, the spreader bounceing up and down affects the spread pattern.
Lot'ta Urea is applyed by spinner or airflow box on high clearance machines. Urea needs rain (reguardless if it has agratain or other inhibitor treatment on it) to get it moved into the soil.
My opinion, for the price of the inhibitor treatment, just spend the money on extra Urea or consider some AMS or all AMS. Time it for a rain (pretty easy in our current pattern, here) and it's the best bang for the buck.
Keep in mind, you can cultivate it in after it's applyed . . . . . |
Anyone top dress corn with urea??
