A Risk Assessment-Risk Management Approach to Selecting Fertilizer Application Rates

(...) In this paper, the risk assessment-risk management approach is applied in a somewhat different, but related, context; i.e., in the selection of optimal fertilizer application rates. The procedure is presented and applied to total season hay yields from an experiment involving six rates (0, 100, 200, 300, 400 and 500 lb K/acre) of fall-applied fertilizer on established alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) (...)