Fertiliser surge isn’t delivering crop results

Andrew Marshall
January 9 2017 - 5:30am
Queensland University of Technology's Professor Peter Grace says ideally smaller, but more regular nitrogen applications are needed during the cropping season to make plant usage more efficient and avoid wasting farmers' money.
Queensland University of Technology's Professor Peter Grace says ideally smaller, but more regular nitrogen applications are needed during the cropping season to make plant usage more efficient and avoid wasting farmers' money.

Australian farmers spend almost $500 million a year on nitrogen fertiliser which apparently never delivers a cropping advantage.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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