Agricultural Statistics - Fertilizer Applications

**Fertilizer Primary Nutrient Applications, North Carolina, 2005**
Primary Nutrient	Planted Acreage	Area Applied	Applications	Rate per Application	Rate per Crop Year	Total Applied
Primary Nutrient	1,000 Acres	Percent	Number	Pounds per Acre		Mil. lbs
Corn	750
Nitrogen		97	2.1	59	124	90.5
Phosphate		74	1.2	39	46	25.5
Potash		86	1.1	72	83	53.1
Sulfur		18	1.0	8	8	1.1

Cotton: Upland	815
Nitrogen		95	1.9	40	75	57.9
Phosphate		74	1.1	37	43	25.7
Potash		95	1.2	89	102	79.0
Sulfur		40	1.1	19	22	7.1

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Last update July 2, 2007

NCDA&CS Agricultural Statistics Division, Herb Vanderberry, Director
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 27767 Raleigh, NC 27611
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