Re: Sidedressing Corn

Posted by nw_bearcat on January 18, 2006 at 05:12:04 from (164.144.240.25):

In Reply to: Sidedressing Corn posted by tnhobbyfarmer on January 16, 2006 at 20:10:00:

There is alot of talk in the industry about forms of N. NH3 is going towards having anyone who transports it may have to have a CDL w/ hazmat-even farmers just so they can get the haz-mat training. there is also talk of everyone who transports it must have a risk management plan in place, and a copy must be on file at the retailer, the hauling vehicle, the site of application, and the main base of operations for the farm. this is to outline what measures are in place should and accident/spill occur. Retailers already have these, but there is talk of making users have these as well.

Nitrate is becoming a touchy issue as well due to the nature of the product and its "non farm" applications in recent years. I suspect in the not so distant future, retailers will stop handling it as well due to the regulatory issues.

Given this guy's situation, i would steer him to the Nitrate. It is easy to handle-no fumes from the NH3 and he can rent the cart from the fert. dealer. Yes it is more expensive per lb/N, and to get enough product for a corn crop he'd be spreading almost 400lb of product/A but that's not bad-just a small cart load. For 3A i wouldn't mess with setting up something to handle 28% or 32% liquid, or deal with the gas. 30 minutes with a cart and it would be done. if there's a heavy dew, it might spot the leaves a little, but not anywhere near yield injury levels.

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