I can’t get it any more. The place I have been buying fertilizer for 50-plus years can’t get it from
their distributor. Have called several other places, and it appears that it is just not available .
Ammonium Nitrate is a 34% Nitrogen product. Most pasture grasses really respond to it, especially
in warm weather. It produces lots of protein in the forage, which packs beef on calves. It comes in 50
pound bags, which are easy to handle.
The only nitrogen product available now is a 34% N fertilizer that uses urea as the N source. This is fine,
except for the fact that urea is very volatile when applied in hot, humid weather. Unless it is plowed in,
or in the case of liquid forms, injected into the soil, up to 50% of the N can be lost. In cooler weather,
it isn’t so much of a prOblem, but spread on a pasture in 90 degree temps, and no rain to incorporate it
in a couple of days, it is costly.
We have depended on Ammonium Nitrate for as long as I can remember. Years ago, when we were
growing many acres of fresh market produce, I guess we used 15-20 tons per year. In recent years,
growing pasture and hay, we used about that much. Now, we can’t get it.
I have researched the cause, and it seems that now, somewhere in the supply line, a federal permit
is required. It is, of course, an explosive. For a good many years, we have had to put some kind of sticker
on the pickup when we were hauling it. I have found some references to a supposedly revised regulation
That may be the culprit.
Any of you Fed types, FBI, BATFE, Homeland Security, etc., have any information? I sure would like
to fertilize my pastures.
their distributor. Have called several other places, and it appears that it is just not available .
Ammonium Nitrate is a 34% Nitrogen product. Most pasture grasses really respond to it, especially
in warm weather. It produces lots of protein in the forage, which packs beef on calves. It comes in 50
pound bags, which are easy to handle.
The only nitrogen product available now is a 34% N fertilizer that uses urea as the N source. This is fine,
except for the fact that urea is very volatile when applied in hot, humid weather. Unless it is plowed in,
or in the case of liquid forms, injected into the soil, up to 50% of the N can be lost. In cooler weather,
it isn’t so much of a prOblem, but spread on a pasture in 90 degree temps, and no rain to incorporate it
in a couple of days, it is costly.
We have depended on Ammonium Nitrate for as long as I can remember. Years ago, when we were
growing many acres of fresh market produce, I guess we used 15-20 tons per year. In recent years,
growing pasture and hay, we used about that much. Now, we can’t get it.
I have researched the cause, and it seems that now, somewhere in the supply line, a federal permit
is required. It is, of course, an explosive. For a good many years, we have had to put some kind of sticker
on the pickup when we were hauling it. I have found some references to a supposedly revised regulation
That may be the culprit.
Any of you Fed types, FBI, BATFE, Homeland Security, etc., have any information? I sure would like
to fertilize my pastures.
