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Calculating the real value of fixed nitrogen

MANY factors contribute to how much N will be available to the following crop after a pulse has been grown, including the amount of N in the soil when the pulse was planted, the size of the pulse crop, and to some extent microbial activity and rainfall (Figure 1).

Jill Griffiths
Calculating the real value of fixed nitrogen

But through this complexity, Dr David Herridge, University of New England, has created the ‘NBudget calculator' and simple ‘rules of thumb' that can be used to calculate the likely contribution of N from...

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A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the farming sector, brought to you by the Farming Ahead team.

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