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A farmer was asked to apply fertilizers as follows: 200kg/ha of DSP (40% P205 150kg/ha of muriate of potash (60% K20) 150kg/ha of sulphate of ammonia (20% N) How...

A farmer was asked to apply fertilizers as follows:

200kg/ha of DSP (40% P205
150kg/ha of muriate of potash (60% K20)
150kg/ha of sulphate of ammonia (20% N)
How much P205 did the farmer apply per acre?

How much K20 did the farmer apply per hectare?

How much N did the farmer apply per hectare?

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samuel
Solution/Answer

P205 applied per hectare from 200kg of DSP 40/100 x 200 = 80 kg/ha P205
K205 applied per hectare from 150 kg of muriate of potash = 60/100 x 150 = 90 kg/ha K20
N applied per hectare from 150 kg/ha sulphate of ammonia 20/100 x 150: 30 kg/ha N
lemass answered the question on March 15, 2019 at 19:39

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