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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. | |
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Why do you choose to or not to use anhydrous?
