Maria Abbott is an agronomist with the crop nutrients division of CHS. She talks about XLR-rate which is a low salt starter fertilizer that has been on the market for just over a year.

“We think about 40% of the corn is actually put down with a starter fertilizer”

Maria says that boosting yields is the goal for XLR-rate and that it promotes early season growth in cold, wet soil. Growers are looking for the extra push to boost those yields come harvest time.

Listen to my complete interview with Maria here: [wpaudio url=”http://zimmcomm.biz/nafb/nafb-13-chs-abbott.mp3″ text=”Interview with Maria Abbott, CHS”]

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