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Maximizing phosphorus efficiency

driving plants per acre

Phosphorus has its largest peak demand in the crop’s first 30 days of life.

START WITH BIG ROOTS. FINISH WITH BIG YIELD.

Access to banded phosphorus encourages VERTICAL root growth, which is KEY to mining deep soil moisture – the MOST YIELD LIMITING FACTOR in dryland farming.

Phosphorus is critical at every stage of the plant lifecycle

An estimated 60-80% of applied phosphorus disassociates in the soil and ties up with other positively charged elements such as Al, Ca, and Fe to form compounds that are unable to be absorbed by the plant.

Phosphorus placement NEXT TO THE SEED as a starter fertilizer is VITAL in challenging emergence conditions often found in the
PNW – cold, late, dry, no-till.

Seed-placed phosphorus vs. no starter fertilizer showed significant yield improvement in over 85% of locations evaluated. The McGregor Company, 2017-2020 .

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