Strengths and Limitations of Nitrogen Rate Recommendations for Corn and Opportunities for Improvement

1 The goal of an N recommendation system is to accurately estimate the gap between the N provided by the soil and the N required by the plant. Accurately estimating this gap depends on the ability of the recommendation system to accurately estimate fi eld or subfi eld specifi c economically optimal nitrogen rates (EONR). Current recommendation systems are not as accurate as needed to provide consistently reliable estimates of N needs across years at the fi eld or subfi eld scale. Uncontrollable factors like temperature, rainfall timing, intensity and amount, and interactions of temperature and rainfall with factors such as N source, timing and placement, plant genetics, and soil characteristics combine to make N rate recommendations for an individual fi eld or rates for subfi elds a process guided as much by science as by the best professional judgement of farmers and farm advisors. Substantial evidence has accumulated that EONRs can vary widely across fi elds, within fi elds and over years in the same fi eld for a wide range of crops and geographies. Examples Strengths and Limitations of Nitrogen Rate Recommendations for Corn and Opportunities for Improvement

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