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MAP as a Starter Fertilizer for Corn
Monoammonium phosphate (MAP) and diammonium phosphate (DAP) are excellen...
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Understanding Fertilizer and Its Essential Role in High-Yielding Crops
High crop yields often come under scrutiny because of the fertilizer lev...
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Best Management Practices: Soil Testing
Soil testing is one of the most important management practices for crop ...
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Soil Test Levels and Crop Response to Fertilizers
Soil scientists and consultants often get confronted with these question...
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Nutrient Needs of Continuous Corn
Some growers are considering a shift from a corn and soybeans rotation t...
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Impact of Crop Nutrition on Disease Resistance
A balanced crop nutrition program isn’t done boosting yields after the s...
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Fall Applied Nitrogen in the Corn Belt
Risks associated with fall nitrogen (N) applications fit into four categ...
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Iowa’s Funkiest Fields And Their Incredible Yields
An Iowa farm family wanted more. They wanted to change their growth from...
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Corn and Soybean Response to Nitrogen (N) and Phosphorus (P)
Yield response of corn to nitrogen (N) and phosphorous (P) and soybean r...
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Case Study: Indiana’s Fairholme Farms
Both Kim Drackett and Randy Bales describe 1,850-acre Fairholme Farms as...
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Nitrogen and Potassium Work Together for Higher Yields
By understanding how nutrients work together, farmers can optimize produ...
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New Study Can Help Growers Maximize Phosphorus
A recent study of phosphorus (P) reaction to dry and wet soils offers in...
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Nutrient Balance Plays Big Role in Balancing Land Value
In an article published by CropLife, Dr. Paul Fixen from the Internation...
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Next-Generation Seed Requires New Approach to Fertility
Seed industry leaders Dow AgroSciences, Monsanto, Pioneer Hi-Bred and Sy...
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Direct and Residual Fertilization in Soybeans
A common practice in the U.S. Midwest is to combine the quantities of ph...
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Preparing for a Hefty Harvest…And Beyond
The growing season of 2014 has the potential to yield a record harvest i...
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Phosphorus Stratified Soil Management
Reduced tillage systems teamed with surface applications of fertilizer p...
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Rescue Nitrogen Application Often Boosts Corn Yields (2010)
In really wet years, a lot of preplant nitrogen (N) is lost.Wet weather ...
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Growing Corn: Can We Do Better?
Well, let’s face it: This is a rhetorical question. When it comes to cor...
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Healthy Plants: Keys to Making Sure Plants Have Only “Good Days”
I no longer qualify for the “early career professionals” demographic or ...
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Unlocking the Secrets to Higher Yields
World demand for food, feed, fiber and fuel is increasing. Dr. Fred Belo...
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Distilling Diversification
'Changing your mind-set from commodity production to producing a branded...
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What Your Next Physical Can Teach You About Corn Care
When an agronomist visits a field to diagnose a problem, it’s not unlike...
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Reducing the Continuous-Corn Yield Penalty
A recent study from DuPont Pioneer outlined the continuous-corn yield pe...
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Nutrient Removal Rates, by the Numbers
It's an exciting time in agriculture, while the industry is seeing the h...
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How Plants Show Hunger
The relationship between soil chemistry and nutrient uptake can fluctuat...