Minnesota farmer sees economic and environmental benefits to side-dressing corn

A southeast Minnesota farmer is not reducing fertilizer use despite tight margins. Rob Tate of Cannon Falls says his fertility plan is the same as other years. “We try to side-dress a fair amount of nitrogen on our corn, just economically I think there’s a better return to the side-dressing. And of course, from an […]

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