A blind side-dress could be in order this spring

A short window for spring fieldwork could force some
farmers out of their comfort zone.

Pioneer agronomist Jay Zielske says excessive moisture in many parts of the Corn Belt limited tillage and fertilizer applications last fall.

If conditions are limiting this spring, he tells Brownfield a BLIND side-dress application of nitrogen might be beneficial.

“In other words, get the crop planted and perhaps even before the crop has emerged, go in and knife in that anhydrous ammonia between the rows.”

He says that’s very doable with today’s guidance technology.

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