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Tag: Economic

Understanding MERN (Most Economic Rate of Nitrogen) for Corn

Posted on April 18, 2022 (April 18, 2022) by Ben Rosser

Simple Summary MERN stands for the Most Economic Rate of Nitrogen, the rate that maximizes economic returns to N fertilizer MERN is influenced most strongly by variability in N response across environments (fields, parts of fields, growing seasons) MERN is also influenced by changes in corn and nitrogen fertilizer prices, but very significant changes in […]

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