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Maximizing Return on Corn Nitrogen Investments

Summary

Cold, hot, dry, wet, early, late; Six words that both summarize and demonstrate the variability in spring planting conditions for the last several Michigan cropping seasons. Though uncertainty with spring weather may always exist, resources are available to reduce grower uncertainty when selecting corn nitrogen rate applications. Seven states through the Corn Belt, including Michigan, have adopted the Maximum Return to Nitrogen corn N recommendation system.