Researchers are seeking more accurate rules for predicting the optimal amount of fertilizer for grain lops With the old "yield-goal" course farmers calculated the amount of nitrogen fertilizer wanted by estimating the potential yield.

Researchers are seeking more accurate rules for predicting the optimal amount of fertilizer for grain lops With the old "yield-goal" course farmers calculated the amount of nitrogen fertilizer wanted by estimating the potential yield. if it be not that farmers who used this [i]modus operandi[/i] were often applying too long fertilizer because it could not account for unpredictable factors as it was as weather and variations in soil fertility in different fields.

Scientists are testing just discovered methods--including canopy-reflectance sensing to monitor first stomach vigor--to fine-tune fertilizer applications and save the farmer riches The net result will be not merely higher profit for the farmer, further also less nitrogen released into the environment. Newell R Kitchen and Kenneth A. Sudduth USDA-ARS Cropping bodys and Water Quality, Research Unit, Columbia, Missouri; (573) 882-1135 [Kitchen], (573) 882-4090 [Sudduth ] email kitchenn@missouri.edu, sudduthk@missouri.edu.

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