Item Detail - Misc - Fertilizer

When the Fertilizer Ingredient checkbox has been selected in Item Details, this Fertilizer tab becomes active and will be used in fertilizer blending. Supply specific nutrient values, set the application rate and the fertilizer form.

PFU/lb- Plant Food Unit per Pound - Enter the Plant Food Units per pound for each nutrient. Fields with a gold background indicate that an Alternate PFU/lb has been entered for the Item.

Click to access the Alternate PFU/lb window to enter the actual delivered analysis for concentrated micro-ingredients.

When an ingredient has an alternate analysis and the batch formulates with the Request Analysis method, the alternate analysis to calculate PFU/Acre and the amount of the ingredient is used.

For example, the boron item would be set to 166.5% as the normal analysis and 18.5% as the Item's Alternate PFU/lb.

If the user enters .577 PFU/100lb for a 34,911 pound batch, then the Alternate PFU/lb formulates as

  .00577 * 34911 = 201.44
  201.44 / .185 = 1089 lbs of boron

This allows for correct information to be printed on batch documentation.

The Soluble % is required in Florida and Georgia only. Enter the percent of the PFU/lb that is considered water soluble that will print on the blend sheet, delivery ticket and invoice if required.

Nitrogen Source- If State required, enter the PFU/lb of the nitrogen source which will print on the blend sheet, delivery ticket and invoice.

Chlorine %- If State required, enter the chlorine percent of the ingredient which will print on the blend sheet, delivery ticket and invoice.

Derived From Sources- Required in Florida, Georgia and Oregon only. If the ingredient is compounded, made from more than one base ingredient, the derived from information can be selected and will print on blend sheet and delivery ticket if the state on the inventory site requires it.

Filler Ingredient- Select to indicate the item can be used as a filler on fertilizer. Typically a filler ingredient does not have any nutrient value and is used to achieve an exact quantity on a batch. Limestone is often used as a dry blend filler and water is commonly used in liquid blends.In most cases filler does not have any nutrient value and is a way to get exactly the quantity of fertilizer requested by the grower when the requested analysis they ask for cannot be reached with the ingredients on the batch. For instance, it is impossible to have one ton of fertilizer on a 17-17-17 batch with DAP, ammonium nitrate and potash. The closest that can be reached is 1916 pounds without giving too much of one nutrient. If the farmer wants one ton, filler can be added which will not change the analysis of the batch. Limestone is commonly used as the filler in dry blends and water is commonly used as a filler in liquid blends.

Lime- Select if this is a Lime product.

Application Rate- This field is used when chemical kits are added to an order or batch. Instead of using the quantity on the Bill of Materials of the kit, the application rate of each ingredient is looked at to determine the quantity to add. Set this field at zero to prompt for the application rate to be entered for the appropriate item when the chemical kit is loaded on a Fertilizer Batch.

  • For instance, Gramoxone is an ingredient on a chemical kit, has an application rate of 2 pounds per acre, and comes in a jug that weighs 4 pounds. When the chemical kit is added to the batch, a pop-up will ask for the number of acres. If you enter 100 acres, then 200 pounds would be needed, or 50 jugs. Thus, a quantity of 50 is added to the batch. Chemical kits are added to orders and batches by selecting the folder icon with the arrow.

Fertilizer Code- Prints on the Tonnage Tax and Tonnage Tax Delivered by County reports and is required by some states for reporting. A list of codes can be found at Fertilizer Codes.

Fertilizer Form- Select the form of the ingredient

  • Bag – Appears on the Tonnage Tax and Tonnage Delivery by County report as Type 1.
  • Bulk - Appears on the Tonnage Tax and Tonnage Delivery by County report as Type 2.
  • Liquid - Appears on the Tonnage Tax and Tonnage Delivery by County report as Type 3.

Application Rate Pricing- If selected on a fertilizer service item, quantity price breaks apply to the application rate of the batch, not the total tons or acres.

For example, if spreading is set to application rate pricing with a quantity break of 200, a batch with an application rate of 210 would get the lower pricing. This flag only applies to fertilizer service items.

Click Elemental Sulphur - ES to indicate the item is elemental sulphur which has higher concentrate of the nutrients. This new field will be recognized for locations utilizing FieldAlytics.