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NW IL | The reason we use NH3 is mostly due to a lower cost. I think it will always be cheaper. All current forms of nitrogen are made from NH3. It takes additional processing to get a 28 or 32%or urea. The 82 % concentration also will help keep the cost lower due to less transportation costs and less storage costs. The cost of application equipment is really not that much if you can spread it over enough acres. So far in my lifetime I have never seen another form of nitrogen (in our area) figure out to a cheaper cost per acre. I doubt it will change. If you do some reading on the haber process and then look at RenTech's web site they have a flow chart of how all the different nitrogen fertilizers are made from NH3. The biggest change that will ever come for nitrogen fertilizer is that we will make it on the farm someday and bypass all the middlemen, unfortunately that is quite a while in the future. | |
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Why do you choose to or not to use anhydrous?
