Livestock manure gives producers an invaluable resource for improving grain yields and quality. Managing manure as a fertilizer resource increases its value while reducing the risk of nitrogen (N) loss.
New Instinct™ nitrogen stabilizer serves as an effective tool for integrating livestock manure into a farming operation — by stabilizing N in the soil and enhancing best management practices of manure applications.
Instinct is the latest addition to the N management portfolio from Dow AgroSciences, the leader in nitrogen stabilization for more than 35 years.
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SilageConnection Maximizing Manure Value
1. MaxiMizing Manure value with
instinct nitrogen stabilizer. ™
Livestock manure gives producers an invaluable resource for improving grain yields and quality. Managing manure
as a fertilizer resource increases its value while reducing the risk of nitrogen (N) loss.
New Instinct™ nitrogen stabilizer serves as an effective tool for integrating livestock manure into a farming operation — by
stabilizing N in the soil and enhancing best management practices of manure applications.
Instinct is the latest addition to the N management portfolio from Dow AgroSciences, the leader in nitrogen stabilization
for more than 35 years.
Managing manure through stabilization.
As with commercial N fertilizer, field-applied livestock manure is susceptible to N loss. Stabilizing manure with Instinct prevents
N loss due to leaching and denitrification — keeping more N available at the plant root zone during key stages of corn growth.
Fall applications allow more time for organic matter in manure to break down, making N available for plant uptake. But this also
means more time for potential N loss to the environment. And while spring applications help close the window for N loss, saturated
soil conditions during this period can lead to significant leaching and denitrification. In fact, ammonium-N starts converting to the
nitrate form once soil temperatures exceed 40° F.
For the most part, manure is not a balanced form of fertilizer (see Table 1). By adding Instinct to liquid manure and stabilizing N
in the soil, growers can better balance the ratios of N and phosphorus for optimum crop yields.
Table 1. The Average Nutrient Content of Manure. (per 1,000 gallons of liquid manure)
type of Manure nitrogen Phosphorus Potassium
(lbs) (lbs) (lbs)
hog 15 12 11
Farrow grow/finish 33 26 25
Dairy cattle 31 15 19
beef cattle 20 16 24
Source: Purdue University Extension Bulletin ID-101