The Need for Nitrogen Stabilizers Is Greater Than Ever
In an industry where weather, markets, and prices are out of your control, it is important to control what you can and be smart with your nitrogen investments, according to CHS Agronomy.
With fluctuating fertilizer costs, it is important to protect the investments you make. That is where nitrogen stabilizers come in.
Nitrogen stabilizers are any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing or hindering nitrogen losses through volatilization, denitrification, and leaching. They help you get the most value from the fertilizer applied to maintain and enhance your crops’ health.
Nitrogen stabilizers come in multiple forms, most commonly these include urease inhibitors and denitrification inhibitors. Urease inhibitors protect nitrogen above ground. N-(n-butyl) thiophosphoric triamide, commonly known as NBPT, is a form of a urease inhibitor that protects against nitrogen loss through volatilization.
A denitrification inhibitor, or DCD, helps protect underground nitrogen in the soil from the Nitrosomonas bacteria breaking it down. Nitrosomonas bacteria breakdown leads to leaching and denitrification by turning nitrogen into an unstable nutrient source.
Read more at CHS Agronomy.
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