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Crop ProtectionNitrogen Testing Tool May Improve Corn ProfitsNitrogen Testing Tool May Improve Corn Profits
The Adapt-N online computer model simulates local precipitation and temperatures, soil type, soil organic matter and slope, previous crops, inputs, tillage, planting date, population, hybrids, rotation, type and date of starter and yield potential.The web model tailors site-specific N recommendations to your farm in almost real time using high-resolution weather information (3x3-mile grids).The most recent 2012 Adapt-N results (from Iowa) show 36-lbs./acre average N input reductions, with no significant yield reductions in 95% of the cases.There was a profit advantage over conventional N rates in 74% of the trials (by $1.49-$81.20/acre).
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