side-dress

* Corn side-dress applications were completed and the crop was entering its pollination stage of development.

If production lags in fall, winter, or spring, side-dress the sorrel patch with a little compost or organic fertilizer.

* Fields in some areas of the Midwest were beginning to dry out following extensive rain and flooding, allowing some farmers to side-dress corn with ammonia.

* Anhydrous ammonia values at the Gulf were higher than a week ago, underpinned by tight supplies, scattered demand for corn side-dress applications, and light dealer buying.

* Anhydrous ammonia values at the Gulf were also steady with last week as most of the U.S. corn crop was already planted and side-dress demand has been stalled by overly wet field conditions.

But demand for side-dress ammonia application was expected to be stronger than normal this summer after excessive rain and flooding in the Corn Belt appears to have washed away some of the nitrogen applied in the fall and earlier this spring.