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Old 19-09-2003, 04:02 PM
P van Rijckevorsel
 
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Default Nitrogen-fixing crops.

Phred schreef
In other words, the yield of N in a crop was greater than the amount
fixed.


Indeed, most of the N will usually be
removed too if the crop is to have any value elsewhere.


If you harvest for pulse, hay,
whatever, you'll most likely remove most of the N that was fixed.


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I suppose this is even more true for soybeans which, after all, are grown as
a protein source, preferred because of its high protein content. It is not
like it is rice.
PvR