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Fertilizers produce more range forage in drought than normal years
Authors
William J. van RietRobert Bailey
Authors Affiliations
W. J. van Riet is Farm Advisor for Stanislaus and San Joaquin Counties; R. Bailey is District Conservationist, U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service (SCS) in Redding, and fomerly Soil Conservationist at the Patterson SCS Field Ofice.Publication Information
Hilgardia 45(3):28-30. DOI:10.3733/ca.v045n03p28. May 1991.
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Abstract
Nitrogenous fertilizers produced greater yield increases in drought years than in more abundant rainfall years. None the less, ranchers will need to carefully compare the costs of this added production with other alternatives, and also consider the odds of receiving less than 11 inches of rainfall.
van Riet W, Bailey R. 1991. Fertilizers produce more range forage in drought than normal years. Hilgardia 45(3):28-30. DOI:10.3733/ca.v045n03p28
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