The purpose of this study is to compare various nitrogen (N) application equipment options at V5 sidedress and their effects on N uptake, yield, and profitability.

2018 Kentucky Corn Nitrogen Application Study

Nitrogen (N) is one of the most important (and most expensive) inputs we can put on a corn crop. And every year, it’s difficult to pin point when exactly we need to apply N. Because N is mobile in the soil profile and can be lost easily through multiple mechanisms, we know it’s best to split the total amount of N needed into at least two applications. The 360 Y-DROP® allows farmers to apply N later in the year by dribbling it on the base of the plant. In some years, it pays to utilize this application method and in some years it does not. This year at Beck’s Kentucky PFR site, it proved more beneficial to incorporate the N as it helped limit the amount lost due to volatilization

 Fall: In-Line Rip, Spring: Vertical-Till/Field Cultivation | 

Pre: 1 lb. Atrazine, 3.5 oz. Corvus® Post: 1 lb. Atrazine, 3 oz. Capreno® | 

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