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Nitrate nitrogen or nitrate: What's the difference?

Dec 16, 2016
Dec 16, 2016

Round bales being made — A lot of round bales are made in Wisconsin. When testing forage, farmers are encouraged to familiarize themselves with terminology used by the lab they're working with, especially in terms of nitrate or nitrate nitrogen.

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LINCOLN, Neb. — A farmer received nitrate-test results back from a lab and the level was 3,000. Is he in trouble if he feeds the forage to livestock?

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