Fertilising with enhanced efficiency nitrogen – representative economic analysis, Burdekin region

The report examines the profitability of applying enhanced efficiency fertilisers on sugarcane farms in the Burdekin. The study compares the costs of applying controlled release fertiliser, nitrification inhibiting fertiliser and conventional fertiliser and draws upon harvest data from twelve different trial sites during the 2014-15 growing season to compare the profitability of different fertiliser treatments.