Iowa State University

Iowa State University

2005 Agriculture and the Environment Conference

 

A1 - Does it pay to fertilize corn with nitrogen?

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John Sawyer, Associate Professor, Agronomy, Iowa State University. Nitrogen application to corn is a needed fertilization practice in Iowa. However, with high nitrogen prices and environmental issues, what is the return to producers for applying nitrogen to corn? This presentation will look at the economic response to nitrogen fertilization in continuous corn and corn rotated with soybean, and the consequences of adjusting nitrogen rates.