date:Feb 19, 2013
With winter wheat coming closer to green-up, producers need to consider fertilizer management options. A University of Missouri Extension nutrient management specialist says proper timing of fertilizer application is important.
Producers need to be thinking about how to deliver nitrogen to that crop in April and early May when it is taking up nitrogen like gangbusters, said Peter Scharf.
The key issue is the earlier you apply it, the more risk that it won't be there in April and May.
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