{"id":28014,"date":"2024-02-14T12:55:39","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T17:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=28014"},"modified":"2024-02-14T12:55:39","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T17:55:39","slug":"farmers-may-fertilize-small-grains-with-commercial-fertilizer-beginning-february-15-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2024\/02\/14\/farmers-may-fertilize-small-grains-with-commercial-fertilizer-beginning-february-15-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmers May Fertilize Small Grains With\u00a0Commercial Fertilizer Beginning February 15"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ANNAPOLIS, MD (February 14, 2024)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Maryland Department of Agriculture<\/strong>\u00a0today announced that farmers who planted small grains for harvest last fall may \u201ctop dress\u201d these crops with commercial fertilizer in accordance with their nutrient management plans, beginning\u00a0February 15<\/strong>, provided that crop and field conditions remain favorable.<\/p>\n

University of Maryland<\/strong>\u00a0researchers have determined that crop growth stages vary across the state.\u00a0The Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Southern Maryland<\/strong>\u00a0appear to have met the appropriate time to top-dress. However, the Maryland Department of Agriculture has given approval to all Maryland farmers to begin applying fertilizer to small grains, as long as crops have reached the \u201cgreen-up\u201d stage before applying fertilizer. The University recommends split applications of spring nitrogen with the first application occurring at \u201cgreen-up\u201d and the second application when the crops begin to joint. Check individual field conditions and avoid running heavy equipment across saturated soils.<\/p>\n

The determination follows Maryland\u2019s nutrient management regulations.\u00a0As a reminder, manure may not be applied to fields until March 1<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

For additional information on Maryland\u2019s nutrient application requirements, contact the department\u2019s Nutrient Management Program at 410-841-5959.<\/p>\n

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ANNAPOLIS, MD (February 14, 2024)\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Maryland Department of Agriculture\u00a0today announced that farmers who planted small grains for harvest last fall may \u201ctop dress\u201d these crops with commercial fertilizer in accordance with their nutrient management plans, beginning\u00a0February 15, provided that crop and field conditions remain favorable. University of Maryland\u00a0researchers have determined that crop growth stages vary  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":222,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/222"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28014"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28016,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28014\/revisions\/28016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}