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Reach Your Corn Yield Goals With Strategic Nitrogen Use

Mother Nature has thrown all sorts of weather curveballs at corn growers this spring. Farmers are dealing with every kind of weather extreme – from deep drought in parts of the West to record rainfall ...
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How much nitrogen does corn get from fertilizer? Less than farmers think

URBANA, Ill. — Corn growers seeking to increase the amount of nitrogen taken up by their crop can adjust many aspects of fertilizer application, but recent studies from the University of Illinois ...
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Studies look at corn nitrogen requirements

NASHUA - Extension soil fertility specialist John Sawyer shared results from two nitrogen studies at last week's field day at the Northeast Research Farm at Nashua. One study looks at seasonal and ...
University of Delaware

Nitrogen Management for Corn in Delaware: The Pre-Sidedress Nitrate Test

Revised Document Prepared by: A.L. Shober, K.L. Gartley, and J.T. Sims Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware Unlike other nutrients, such as potassium or phosphorus, the ...
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Sawyer wants farmers to use Corn Nitrogen Rate Calculator

NASHUA, Iowa — Iowa State University Extension agronomist John Sawyer wants farmers to use the Corn Nitrogen Rate Calculator to fine-tune their nitrogen management. The calculator is a web tool that ...
news.iastate.edu

Ideal nitrogen fertilizer rates in Corn Belt have been climbing for decades, study shows

A farmer applies nitrogen fertilizer to a corn field in Boone County in June 2024. Photo by Alex Schaffer/Iowa Soybean Association. AMES, Iowa – The amount of nitrogen fertilizer needed to maximize ...
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2 Ways to Tell Whether Corn is Deficient in Nitrogen or Potassium

When it comes to stressed corn plants, pictures can help explain what you’re seeing in the field better than the proverbially thousand words – especially this time of year, says Ken Ferrie, Farm ...