• DOI:10.1016/J.AGSY.2007.12.001
Corpus ID: 153818899

Do farmers waste fertilizer? A comparison of ex post optimal nitrogen rates and ex ante recommendations by model, site and year

@article{Rajsic2008DoFW,
  title={Do farmers waste fertilizer? A comparison of ex post optimal nitrogen rates and ex ante recommendations by model, site and year},
  author={Predrag Rajsic and A. Weersink},
  journal={Agricultural Systems},
  year={2008},
  volume={97},
  pages={56-67}
}

• Predrag Rajsic, A. Weersink
• Published 2008
• Economics
• Agricultural Systems

While there appear to be costs to farmers of over-applying nitrogen, there is evidence in many regions that farmers are applying nitrogen at levels that exceed those suggested by government extension services. A major reason why farmers would apparently waste money by applying more fertilizer than a crop can use is a perception that the general recommendations are not appropriate for their individual situations. In this paper we estimate the economically optimal rates for 7 Ontario sites over… Expand

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