[Video] Winning the Season-Long Nutrient Management Relay Race

Banding nutrients can be likened to filling the fuel tank in your pickup truck, says Chris Perkins. If you insert the nozzle into the filler neck you can be confident the fuel will successfully transfer to the tank and be available to power the truck. On the other hand, if you stand back 10 feet from the truck and spray the fuel, you may get 2 gallons into the tank, but lose a lot more and make quite a mess in the process.

The Otwell, Ind., strip-tiller dives deep into the significant benefits he uncovered while expanding his banded fertilizer system across more than 10,000 acres. Perkins, a highest rated speaker from the National Strip-Tillage Conference, debunks common nutrient management myths with game-changing data from numerous fertility trials. He explains why successful nutrient management for corn production should be viewed as a season-long, relay race.

“Failing to consider the yield-building nutrient needs of the crop over the last half of the growing race will cost you money,” Perkins says.

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