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2 tools help cut nitrogen costs
2015-03-25 14:19:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Leaf-reading sensors and data-modeled prescription services are saving fertilizer costs and nitrate loss. Oklahoma farmer Brent Rendel exceeded his 100-bushel corn-yield average by 50% with just 75 pounds of nitrogen per acre. His Trimble GreenSeeker canopy sensors saved him $16,250 in sidedress nitrogen on corn by identifying no need for sidedress nitrogen for all his corn (at $25 per acre). read more
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Category:Agriculture and Forestry