Fertilizers produce more range forage in drought than normal years

Nitrogenous fertilizers produced greater yield increases in drought years than in more abundant rainfall years. None the less, ranchers will need to carefully compare the costs of this added production with other alternatives, and also consider the odds of receiving less than 11 inches of rainfall.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: W van Riet, R Bailey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources 1991-05-01
Series:California Agriculture
Online Access:https://californiaagriculture.org/article/110398-fertilizers-produce-more-range-forage-in-drought-than-normal-years