Find the best bang for your fertilizer buck

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Published: January 16, 2023

The online calculator can be used for spring wheat and feed barley.

Alberta’s wheat and barley commissions have a nitrogen rate of return calculator available on their website.

The calculator, developed by well-known research agronomist Rigas Karamanos, “can be used to evaluate different net return per acre scenarios which compare different N sources and costs, various crop prices and soil test N levels,” Alberta Wheat and Barley said.

The online tool can be used for spring wheat and feed barley.

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In addition to some basic info (soil zone, N product and cost), the calculator also requires results from soil tests, the planned application and at what price a producer expects to sell the grain.

The calculator can be found at albertawheatbarley.com.

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