The cost of nitrogen is stubbornly high but the cost differential between CAN and urea can be exploited to cut costs this year on tillage farms.  

Dr. Richie Hackett from Teagasc joins The Tillage Edge podcast this week to chat about how to grow high yielding crops from urea whilst reducing the costs of production.

Richie highlights that a farmer using urea as the main nitrogen source on 40 hectares (100 ac) of winter wheat can save over €7,000 compared to using CAN.   

He says growers should choose protected urea and he is confident equivalent yields and protein can be achieved with urea.  

However Richie warns growers to ensure fertiliser spreaders are set up correctly to achieve an even spread of urea. 

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