With increasing fertilizer prices and concerns about possible shortages, it pays to time applications of anhydrous ammonia and manure well. When the value is extreme, the focus on management is even more important. Anhydrous costs are reported to have increased to $850 or more per ton.
Carefully time manure, anhydrous applications
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Reduced-disturbance manure injection is being tested by an increasing number of dairy farmers. Different systems are available for farmers to observe at producer-led watershed-protection groups such as at a field day hosted by the Lafayette Ag Stewardship Alliance.
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