Table 6: Corn yield and net return increases for 2X2-banded fertilizers at Oblong, 1993 & 1995

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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^b	0.00^b	0.00
25-0-0	9.1^a	13.19^a	2.84
25-30-0	13.7^a	14.55^a	4.20
25-30-20	11.0^a	-5.45^b	-15.80
LSD(0.1)	4.6	10.35

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