Input Pricing

[blackpowder]

You don't go broke buying fertilizer.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

You don't go broke buying fertilizer.

But around here, you can sure go broke in a hurry not buying fertilizer.
Last spring, I hauled in one load of canola, and hauled out equal tons of fertilizer blend and had money left over. Considering that I get at least 10 times the weight of canola back for every pound of fertilizer I apply, I would say that was one heck of a bargain even if the price of fertilizer doubles.

[seldomseen]

The mid rows and the volunteers after a hail storm tell the story. Green bands 20 inches apart in my cover crop kochia.


The fertilizer is still there. The yield doesnt dictate that the fertilizer all got used.

Anywhere we seeded that was overlapped up on the crop just faded away - burnt out.

I see the bands of dark green in volunteer canola here.
I guess if we soil test we can just hit the dark green bands and we will have lots of N and if we avoid the dark green lines we wii need to buy lots of N.

[workboots]

I have heard it is best to get a cross section sample of the soil profile to provide a good representation.

[shtferbrains]

https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/crops/article/2021/09/08/potash-price-increases-slow-farmers

Very good article on fertilizer pricing with demand showing some influence.
Corn references but same for everyone.

I have no option to hotlink is someone can do that.

[GDR]

You're right. Some very good patches of land burnt out. Too much N and no H2O.

I noticed that all year on a field scale. The higher input guys crops looked better early but by mid summer the lower input crops looked way better. Just too much early vegetative growth to support I guess.