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NORCROSS, Ga. - What are
farmers doing to address low crop
prices? Most are trying to cut costs
and improve their marketing skills.
Both of these strategies are impor
tant, but they must be combined
with higher production levels.
Selling more grain at a higher price
will take a big bite out of the prob
lem. This sounds simple, but how is
it done? What are the risks?
Fertilization can increase yields.
In dryland cropping areas, substan
tial yield increases ha/e come from
applying nitrogen and phosphorus
where they are needed. The chances
that yield increases will more than
cover the annual costs of fertiliza
tion increase as soil nitrate levels
and/or phosphorus levels decline.
However, there is more to fertiliza
tion than just yield increases.
Overall production levels are most
important. Yields must be high
enough to cover all costs of produc
tion, not just fertilizer. Soils that are
managed at lower soil test levels
may produce greater responses to
fertilizer, but may not be capable of
reaching the higher yield necessary
to be profitable.
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Dryland Wheat: Get It With
ing yield benefits from fertilization?
All of us are familiar with the
whims of nature that make dryland
cropping so challenging; insects, dis
eases, and, of course, rainfall. All of
Fertilization can increase the sell
ing price. How? Increased protein.
Higher protein levels can dramati
cally increase the selling price. How
much? Let’s look at an example.
Some data indicate that hard red
spring wheat without fertilizer can
have protein levels as low as 10 to
11 percent. When fertilized, that
same wheat crop could have 14 to 15
percent protein.
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the factors can increase the risk of
not getting yield increases from fer
tilizer. You can do everything right,
but if the rain doesn’t come, you
won’t be rewarded with higher
yields. But what if it turns out to be
a good year? Is your fertility pro
gram going to let you cash in, or will
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Fertilization
it produce disappointing yields? A
study conducted on winter wheat in
Colorado showed that in 10 out of 19
site-years, significant yield in-creas
es resulted from nitrogen fertiliza
tion. That means that fertilizing
produced significantly more revenue
about half of the time.
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