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Heavy Rains Rob Corn of Yield-Boosting Nutrients

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All of the rain that we have been having in the Southeast has caused a number of impacts. In addition to increasing the likelihood of fungal diseases and making it hard to get into the fields, it is also affecting the quality of crops like corn. This article and video from The Scoop discusses how nitrogen is affected by the heavy precipitation and what farmers need to do to recover from the loss of nitrogen. You can see them at https://www.thedailyscoop.com/news/retail-business/heavy-rains-rob-corn-yield-boosting-nutrients.

Source: Rome Ethredge
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