Study reveals that nitrogen fertilizers deplete soil orga...(ared to an average of 1.5 billion bushel...)

Date:10/29/2007

ared to an average of 1.5 billion bushels produced in Illinois with 847 thousand tons of nitrogen. The difference, Khan said, translates into lower fertilizer efficiency that cost Illinois farmers 68 million dollars per year.

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Contact: Debra Levey Larson dlarson@uiuc.edu 217-244-2880 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Source:Eurekalert

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