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Tag: yield gain

Seed Placed Starter Delivers in Winter Wheat

Posted on September 11, 2012 (December 22, 2021) by OMAFA Field Crop Team

Ontario research shows an average of 7.5 bushels more wheat. Add in improved winter survival and a more uniform stand and you have an agronomic no-brainer. Stooped over a seed trench late at night, squinting through the beam of a flashlight at dark grey soil, Alan McCallum still doesn’t doubt how worthwhile starter fertilizer is […]

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