AgroInsights- The Right Timing
Timing is one of the most important elements.
Jill Herold, Sales Agronomist US West
Winter was that guest that did not know when to leave and could not take a hint this year. I think Spring slept through their alarm or pressed the snooze button and went back to bed. It was probably Summer that unplugged Spring’s alarm clock so it could take over. Mother Nature likes to keep us on our toes. While other places across the country got drought and heat, areas in the Northern and Western U.S. had more rain in places than we’ve seen in a long time, making it a challenge to get into fields. Personally, I have never heard the term “atmospheric river” until this year.
NACHURS innovation in 1946 made it the original 4R nutrient stewardship company. 4R refers to the RIGHT product, RIGHT placement, RIGHT rate, and RIGHT timing. And this year, that last element, timing, was and remains the trickiest target to hit.
Two products that can help with timing and reduce the number of passes across the field come to mind: NACHURS SRN® and NACHURS NocKout®. What makes these two products stand out in a year like this? It is the slow-release nitrogen. The timing of nutrients is critical to crop quality and yield, especially with slow-release nitrogen products. You want to ensure the nitrogen is there when your crop needs it. When picking the right slow-release nitrogen product, consider the correct rate of nitrogen for your crop throughout the season. NACHURS SRN® is a 28-0-0 with 72% of the nitrogen as slow release. NocKout® is our newest product offering for those crops needing an invigorating shot of nitrogen and potassium with a boron boost. NocKout® is a 10-0-10 with 25% slow-release nitrogen and enough boron to enhance crop quality. The potassium in NocKout® is our patented Bio-K®, a fertilizer source that improves soil health, stimulates ecosystem/plant health and resiliency, and simultaneously provides the most plant-available potassium on the market. You can see why this product does a NocKout job.
In regions with excess moisture, using a product like one of these early on will ease the stress of getting back into the field later to make another application. In areas where it is drier, these products can also help due to the fact they are liquid and more readily plant available, unlike the other forms of dry fertilizer, which need certain levels of moisture before they are plant available. “We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.” – John F. Kennedy
For more information contact your local NACHURS sales manager or sales agronomist.
