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Agronomist says adding sulfur can replace lost nutrients from tough spring
An agronomist with one of the largest U.S. manufacturers of ammonium sulfate (AMS) says adding AMS during a challenging spring can replace lost nutrients.
AMS is a fertilizer that’s a source of nitrogen and sulfate sulfur that can be applied directly to the ground.
Mercedes Gearhart with AdvanSix says AMS makes sulfur immediately available to plants and becomes increasingly important for nodulation in soybeans. “It provides about roughly 50 percent of the nitrogen a soybean needs. Sulfur has a key role there as well,” she says.
She tells Brownfield without AMS sulfur maybe unavailable when the crop needs it. “Because that sulfur needs to oxidize in order to become available to the plant and that can take time. It could be the next season or in two seasons when it becomes available,” she says.
She says AMS is flexible enough to improve crops regardless of Mother Nature.
