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Listen: Use caution when spring banding fertilizer

With the varied amount of moisture across the province over the 2022 season, some producers weren’t able to apply fall banded fertilizer.

For farmers who don’t have the capability to band fertilizer at seeding, this will put pressure on spring banding and may push some to stretch the limits of seed placed fertilizer.

Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture Crops Extension Specialist Kim Stonehouse says this can be a concern as ammonium toxicity and salt effects can reduce germination and damage seedlings.

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