Table 7: Corn yield and net return increases for 2X2-banded fertilizers at Ashton, 1993-95

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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^b,c	0.00
5-17-0	8.2^b,c	11.88^a,b	-7.07
10-34-0	17.5^a	26.37^a	7.42
5-10-5	3.9^b,c	-8.53^c	-27.78
10-20-10	11.8^a,b	-7.99^c	-26.94
LSD(0.1)	8.4	18.95

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