Table 5: Corn yield and net return increases for 2X2-banded fertilizers at Gridley, 1994-95

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Starter	Average Yield Increase	Avg. Net Return Increase Above Fertilizer Cost^1,2	"Worst-Case" Scenario Net Return Increase³
lb/ac	bu/ac	$/ac	$/ac
0-0-0	0.0^c	0.00^a	0.00
25-0-0	3.6^c	0.71^a	-12.62
25-30-0	10.0^b	6.26^a	-7.07
25-30-20	17.7^a	9.79^a	-3.54
LSD(0.1)	5.9	13.33

¹Numbers in columns with the same superscript letter are not significantly different (a = 0.10)

²Net return = yield increase X $2.25/bu - starter fertilizer cost.

³Net returns are at least this amount 90% of the time