Despite the unprecedented market promotion of foliar feeding products, Slaton believes the issue hinges on two bottom-line questions. What is the frequency of crop response and what is the average ...

Dairy farmer Robin Nicolson has halved nitrogen use on grazing leys while maintaining annual growth at 12t/ha dry matter by foliar feeding instead of using conventional, prilled fertiliser.

Feeding nitrogen to corn roots, through a sidedress application, is a way farmers can improve yields. When corn is growing from knee-high to shoulder-high, the maximum rate of nitrogen uptake ...

Dairy farmer Robin Nicolson has halved nitrogen use on grazing leys while maintaining annual growth at 12t/ha dry matter by foliar feeding instead of ...

“Overall, from a cost and yield perspective, I look at foliar feeding as a Band-Aid for a problem that occurred in the field, not as a practice to gain high-yielding crops,” he says. Some ...