I get a lot of questions about the best way to fertilize soybeans. In my opinion, the best way is by foliar feeding. Soybeans seem to feed better from the top down then from the bottom up. You can tell if a field has been foliar fed by just driving by it. They look healthy and consistent and have a great color.
To ask about this, I called and talked to Agro-Liquid’s Research Manager at one of the country’s largest fertilizer research farms. I really like doing this because you get insights into matters that you don't normally get. They’re not salespeople so you get what they really see in the fields. A big question I get is about applying your soybean fertilizers in the row. They have found no advantage to this over soybean foliar. By putting it in the row you get very inconsistent results. It seems like it would be better but does not yield as well. If you do put the soybean fertilizer in the row, don't use over three gallons to be seed safe. I asked about a split application some in the row and some by foliar. They have found no advantage to this; in fact it probably doesn't pay. Through all their 20 years of research, they haven't found anything that gets better yields then foliar feeding soybeans.
-Dan Moffitt
To ask about this, I called and talked to Agro-Liquid’s Research Manager at one of the country’s largest fertilizer research farms. I really like doing this because you get insights into matters that you don't normally get. They’re not salespeople so you get what they really see in the fields. A big question I get is about applying your soybean fertilizers in the row. They have found no advantage to this over soybean foliar. By putting it in the row you get very inconsistent results. It seems like it would be better but does not yield as well. If you do put the soybean fertilizer in the row, don't use over three gallons to be seed safe. I asked about a split application some in the row and some by foliar. They have found no advantage to this; in fact it probably doesn't pay. Through all their 20 years of research, they haven't found anything that gets better yields then foliar feeding soybeans.
-Dan Moffitt
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