The benefits of fall-applied fertilizer are numerous. It is an effective system that allows you to take advantage of traditionally lower fertilizer pricing, spreading the workload, and allowing for better cash flow management by spreading fertilizer input costs between fall and spring.
Effect of Sulphur Source on Grain Yield and Sulphur Recovery in Crop Rotations - Field studies were established at 3 sulphur (S) deficient sites in Alberta and Saskatchewan in 1999 to study the rate at which banded S fertilizer sources become plant available.
Topdressing established grass forage and winter cereals with nitrogen (N) fertilizer is an established practice on the Canadian prairies. However, topdressing can also be an economically sound management alternative for cereal and canola crops.
Ammonium Sulfate is an economical nitrogen-sulfur material because it contains two nutrients in plant-available form, which work together in the plant to produce the best crop possible.