To maximize efficiency, farmers must select the right nutrient source. A controlled-release nitrogen source such as Koch Agronomic Service’s Agrotain® may offer benefits.

Agrotain® blocks the enzyme urease to prevent nitrogen loss, which begins the moment the farmer applies fertilizer or manure. Losses add up over time, decreasing profitability and increasing nitrogen’s potential to pollute. This product allows the crop to access the nitrogen it needs immediately, but controls losses in the first critical weeks after application.

This demonstration compared the effectiveness of urea verses Agrotain® at two different rates. It showed that Agrotain® increased yield by preventing some nitrogen loss.

However, harvest yield data showed that field moisture conditions more greatly influenced yield than the addition of nitrogen stabilizers.

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