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.
