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1. Greenhouse Gases and Carbon Sequestration Where They Fit With the Fertilizer IndustryFew things elicit more debate than the weather, and whether it is changing. Farmers in Nebraska are klly convinced that global warming is real. while farmers in Michigan arid Ontario aren't nearly as sure after this growing season. I am not going to debate whether climate change is real, or whether it is good or bad, but rather provide some background on the whole issue and how farmers and the fertilizer industry may be affected. Current scientific consensus is that greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere... |
2. Balancing Agronomy and Environment: N Recommendations in Ontario for the 21st CenturyThe goal of a fertilizer program may be to maximize yields from each ficld, or to maximize profit, or to minimize environmental impact. Recent instances of groundwater contamination with nitrate have focused attention on the need for source water protection, and agriculture has been implicated as one of the sources of nitrate contamination. This has lead to concerns that environmental rules could reduce the profitability of crop production, by limiting fertilizer use and hence, crop yields. Additional... |
3. Potassium in Corn Starter Fertilizers RevisitedDespite the importance of potassium in crop nutriti on, there has been relatively little assessment of potassium in starter fertilizer s, and particularly where sufficie nt preplant broadcast K has been applied to meet the needs of the crop. Initial re sults from the first year of a multi-year study in Southern Ontario showed that corn yields were increased by about 0.4 t ha -1 by the inclusion of potassium in a starter fertilizer on low P and K testing soils, above the response to added P. Further... |