A north Iowa farmer is cutting back on fertilizer.

Josh Nelson grows corn and soybeans near Belmond and says he planted some cover crops last summer to help with nitrogen and developed a plan to spray liquid nitrogen over the top when burning his cover crops down.

“I’ve actually cut my fertilizer rates by a significant amount compared to years past to where my corn, if things go well, I’m looking at using about six-tenths of a pound of nitrogen per bushel of corn produced.”

He tells Brownfield that’s well below typical nitrogen rate recommendations.

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