You are aware, just as well as any other farmer would be, that fertilizer is necessary for the development of robust crops, which is necessary for producing high-quality harvests. When it comes to nitrogen, how you acquire fertilizer can have a big impact, not only on the success of your crop but also on the state of your finances.

“Urea prices firmed sharply through harvest 2017 to a 21.4% premium over anhydrous ammonia,” said an industry analyst. Since then, the price of urea has gone down slightly while the price of anhydrous has gone up. As a result, the price gap between the two has shrunk to less than 6%. This is because UAN price trends are now following anhydrous trends rather than urea price trends.

Before making a final choice, it is important to think about both the benefits and the drawbacks of utilizing liquid fertilizer for pastures as opposed to liquid fertilizer.

Granular Fertilizer Advantages:

• More convenient to store
• Because of slow-release granules, crops can be fed for a more extended period during the growing season.
• More efficient in terms of the application that should be done before planting

Disadvantages:

• A high concentration of salt can cause harm to the leaves and direct the roots away from the nutrients they require, both of which can be detrimental to the plant.
• Why Do you mean that stable nutrients such as phosphorus, which cannot be transported in water-like liquids, are unable to reach the plant’s roots directly anymore?
• There is no uniformity in the number of essential nutrients that are packed into each granule.

Liquid Fertilizer Advantages:

• During the mixing and application of the product, it is less difficult to manage.
• Provides uniform application
• It is possible to use it both as an opener and for applications during the season.
• Combination with crop protection products allows for the possibility of treatment in a single pass throughout the growing season.

Disadvantages:

• The process of converting machinery so that it can handle liquid fertilizer may be costly.
• More vulnerable to volatilization and loss
• The absence of water in ammonia creates its own special set of difficulties.

Even though anhydrous ammonia (NH3) has the potential to be a useful source of nitrogen, there are a lot of conditions that need to be met before it can be used. One of these conditions is that it must be stored at a temperature of at least -196 degrees Celsius.

Take into account the many components that make up your soil. According to research, NH3 will be expelled into the atmosphere very immediately if rocks or topography are found to be the cause of injection knives rising from the ground. If the terrain is extremely challenging and rough, it is most likely in your best interest to look into other options.

The moisture content of the soil can affect the row closure achieved by the knife. The amount of moisture that is present in the soil might affect its capacity to seal. Because of this, there will be a loss of nitrogen in the atmosphere. Additionally, the transformation of NH3 and NH4 into NH4, which can subsequently be taken up in the particles of soil, requires the presence of water as a required component.

Due to the unique characteristics of your soil, the timing of your application of nitrogen fertilizer will probably be more challenging if you choose this choice rather than one of the others. This is because of the specific attributes of your soil. Anhydrous ammonia, on the other hand, can help feed nitrogen to crops in a form that is relatively easy for the plants to use provided that the necessary conditions are met. This ability is only activated when an adequate supply of anhydrous ammonia is present.