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Plant Nutrient Content Data

Crop Yield Unit Pounds per
Yield Unit		 Nutrient Content - Pounds per Yield Unit
Nitrogen Phosphorus Potassium
Field Corn, for Grain Bushels 56 0.80 0.15 0.17
Field Corn, for Silage Tons 2000 7.09 1.05 5.91
Oats Bushels 32 0.59 0.11 0.12
Barley Bushels 48 0.90 0.18 0.23
Sorghums for Grain Bushels 56 0.98 0.18 0.21
Sorghums for Silage Tons 2000 14.76 2.44 23.32
Soybeans Bushels 60 3.55 0.36 0.84
Cotton (lint + seed) Bales 500 15.19 1.89 2.26
Tobacco (flue cured) Pounds 1 0.0330 0.0020 0.0200
Tobacco (Maryland type) Pounds 1 0.0330 0.0020 0.0200
Tobacco (burley) Pounds 1 0.0298 0.0024 0.0509
Irish Potatoes Cwt 100 0.36 0.06 0.47
Sweetpotatoes Harvested Bushels 50 0.13 0.02 0.17
Alfalfa Hay Tons 2000 50.40 4.72 38.29
Small Grain Hay (see variety) Tons 2000 25.60 4.48 15.04
Other Tame Hay (see variety) Tons 2000 19.80 15.30 26.10
Wild Hay (see variety) Tons 2000 19.80 15.30 26.10
Grass Silage Tons 2000 13.60 1.60 14.50
Alfalfa Seed Pounds 1 0.062 0.007 0.023
Austrian Winter Peas Pounds 1 0.037 0.004 0.012
Bahia Grass Seed Pounds 1 0.028 0.005 0.015
Dry Beans (seed) Bags 100 4.14 0.49 2.42
Dry Lima Beans Bags 100 2.86 0.37 1.67
Bentgrass Seed Pounds 1 0.064 0.011 0.016
Bermuda Grass Seed Pounds 1 0.040 0.005 0.014
Birdsfoot Trefoil Seed Pounds 1 0.066 0.006 0.021
Bromegrass Seed Pounds 1 0.047 0.008 0.021
Winter Wheat Harvested (soft) Bushels 60 1.02 0.20 0.24
Winter Wheat Harvested (hard) Bushels 60 1.23 0.23 0.26
Buckwheat Harvested Bushels 50 0.86 0.16 0.22
Durum Wheat Harvested Bushels 60 1.29 0.22 0.27
Dry Southern Peas for Dry Peas Bushels 60 2.24 0.25 0.73
Crimson Clover Seed Pounds 1 0.058 0.008 0.023
Emmer and Spelt Bushels 50 0.96 0.19 0.23
Fescue Seed Pounds 1 0.049 0.010 0.007
Flaxseed Bushels 56 1.94 0.30 0.44
Foxtail Millet Seed Pounds 1 0.019 0.003 0.003
Canola Pounds 1 0.035 0.006 0.009
Guar Pounds 1 0.045 0.004 0.014
Hops Pounds 1 0.022 0.004 0.020
Jojoba Pounds 1 0.023 0.004 0.020
Kentucky Bluegrass Seed Pounds 1 0.054 0.011 0.015
Ladino Clover Seed Pounds 1 0.083 0.011 0.014
Lentils Pounds 1 0.039 0.004 0.008
Lespedeza Seed Pounds 1 0.055 0.007 0.009
Mungbeans Pounds 1 0.037 0.004 0.012
Orchardgrass Seed Pounds 1 0.050 0.005 0.019
Peanuts for Nuts (w/ pods) Pounds 1 0.040 0.003 0.005
Dry Field Peas Pounds 1 0.037 0.004 0.012
Shelled Popcorn Pounds 1 0.018 0.003 0.003
Proso Millet Bushels 50 0.93 0.15 0.22
Industrial Rapeseed Pounds 1 0.035 0.006 0.009
Red Clover Seed Pounds 1 0.060 0.007 0.017
Redtop Seed Pounds 1 0.043 0.010 0.016
Rice Bags 100 1.25 0.29 0.40
Rice for Grain Bushels 56 1.07 0.18 0.26
Ryegrass Seed Pounds 1 0.040 0.008 0.023
Safflower Pounds 1 0.025 0.006 0.007
Salt Hay Tons 2000 25.41 1.78 13.74
Sorghum Hay Tons 2000 2.39 1.01 11.04
Sudangrass Seed Pounds 1 0.043 0.010 0.017
Sugar Beets for Seed Pounds 1 0.024 0.020 0.011
Sugar Beets for Sugar (w/o crown) Tons 2000 4.76 0.94 5.87
Sugarcane for Sugar Tons 2000 11.87 14.21 15.50
Other Spring Wheat Bushels 60 1.39 0.23 0.22
Sunflower Seed Pounds 1 0.029 0.006 0.007
Sweetclover Seed Pounds 1 0.058 0.006 0.011
Sweet Corn for Seed Pounds 1 0.018 0.003 0.004
Taro Pounds 1 0.002 0.001 0.006
Timothy Seed Pounds 1 0.042 0.008 0.017
Triticale Bushels 56 1.50 0.17 0.28
Vetch Seed Pounds 1 0.042 0.005 0.017
Wheatgrass Seed Pounds 1 0.022 0.004 0.008
White Clover Seed Pounds 1 0.087 0.013 0.017
Wild Rice Pounds 1 0.013 0.003 0.004