For crops facing a nitrogen deficiency, Maximum N-Pact is a foliar-applied product that provides a nitrogen boost – available from Loveland Agri Products
Nitrogen is critical to optimising yield and is therefore the most commonly applied fertiliser to crops globally.
Urea is a nitrogen-based granular fertiliser, which requires an incorporating rainfall event to be effectively recovered by the crop.
At certain times during the growing season, conditions may not allow for effective use of granular urea. An effective alternative to deliver fast nitrogen to the crop is with a foliar application of Maximum N-Pact.
A popular product from Loveland, this urea-triazone based liquid fertiliser is designed for foliar nitrogen applications.
Bill Adams, plant nutrition technical services manager at Nutrien Ag Solutions, explains that Maximum N-Pact is best applied when plants are struggling to access soil nitrogen.
“When growers apply urea, they typically spread it on the soil surface and then rainfall is needed to incorporate it into the plants root zone,” he says.
“Plants will struggle to access soil based nitrogen when conditions are too wet (water logged) or conversely when conditions are too dry.”
If plants can’t access soil-applied nitrogen, this can lead to crop stress, impacting plant health and reducing yield potential.
Maximum N-Pact is a useful tool to provide the crop with a timely boost of nitrogen, that is fast acting and highly compatible with tank mix partners.
Compared to other liquid nitrogen fertilisers than can cause leaf burn to plants (phytotoxicity), Maximum N-Pact is a safe alternative that will not burn foliage.
“This provides flexibility under a wide range of scenarios and environmental conditions for growers,” Adams says.
The product has a fit in a wide variety of crops, but is mainly used in broadacre crops such as cereals and canola, as well as pasture and fodder crops.
Adams says the product has produced particularly significant results in areas where soil temperatures are low over winter.
This is because the biological activity in the soil slows down during the cooler months, and this in turn slows nitrogen cycling in the soil, he says.
Due to this, Adams has recommended growers apply Maximum N-Pact in cold soils to relieve the stresses a plant has due to a lack of nitrogen.
For more information on Loveland Agri Products’ Maximum N-Pact, visit www.lovelandagriproducts.com.au or www.nutrienagsolutions.com.au