Nitrogen from T-Storms

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   I just got our coop's nitrogen statement - $591/ton for 28%N for our 2022 crop. I did not order as much nitrogen this year. 

Ever notice how your lawn "greens-up" after a rain, especially a T-storm rain? Ever wonder about the US agriculture corn crop yields which have dramatically increased from past decades?? It seems T-storm intensity have increased? Perhaps an ocassional 5-6+ inch rain is not uncommon. 

Here's a 2021 weblink of a pretty news girl talking about how it happens (there's a 30second commerical at the beginning - give it time). 
http://www.actionnews5.com/2021/05/28/breakdown-why-lightning-is-good-agriculture/

Here's a 2013 NOVA 5 minute film about NASA's Trim Satelite that monitor's lightning strikes around the globe each day. Some 40 lightning stirkes/second, 40,000 T-storm clouds/day, 3.4+ million lightning strikes/day, 13 billion tons of Nitrate per day around the globe. I realize Nitrate is not yet coverted by soil microbes, but still... at today's N prices that computes to $7,683,000,000 in the form of free nitrogen.  
http://thinktv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/nves.sci.earth.nitrate/lightning-produces-nitrates/

A 2020 Mississippi River basin study
http://dailyyonder.com/heavy-storms-can-contribute-a-big-chunk-of-nitrogen-pollution-from-midwest-farms/2020/12/21/

Edited by AC7060IL - 09 Apr 2022 at 3:10pm

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AC7060IL Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 19 Aug 2012 Location: central IL Points: 3198	Post Options Post Reply Quote AC7060IL Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Nitrogen from T-Storms Posted: 09 Apr 2022 at 3:08pm
	I just got our coop's nitrogen statement - $591/ton for 28%N for our 2022 crop. I did not order as much nitrogen this year. Ever notice how your lawn "greens-up" after a rain, especially a T-storm rain? Ever wonder about the US agriculture corn crop yields which have dramatically increased from past decades?? It seems T-storm intensity have increased? Perhaps an ocassional 5-6+ inch rain is not uncommon. Here's a 2021 weblink of a pretty news girl talking about how it happens (there's a 30second commerical at the beginning - give it time). http://www.actionnews5.com/2021/05/28/breakdown-why-lightning-is-good-agriculture/ Here's a 2013 NOVA 5 minute film about NASA's Trim Satelite that monitor's lightning strikes around the globe each day. Some 40 lightning stirkes/second, 40,000 T-storm clouds/day, 3.4+ million lightning strikes/day, 13 billion tons of Nitrate per day around the globe. I realize Nitrate is not yet coverted by soil microbes, but still... at today's N prices that computes to $7,683,000,000 in the form of free nitrogen. http://thinktv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/nves.sci.earth.nitrate/lightning-produces-nitrates/ A 2020 Mississippi River basin study http://dailyyonder.com/heavy-storms-can-contribute-a-big-chunk-of-nitrogen-pollution-from-midwest-farms/2020/12/21/ Edited by AC7060IL - 09 Apr 2022 at 3:10pm

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	I never knew about the lightning effect..... learned something new today.
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	And did you ever notice the difference in the air after a rain/lightening storm. Easier breathing and fresh. Must ozinate the air.

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	All electrical arcs create a level of Ozone, Lightning is not excluded. The Nitrate levels are really weak but exist, otherwise could kill livestock(Nitrate Poisoning is well known).

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	That is true of the lightning and thunder-- its all so much greener after the storms

GSTROM99 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Silver Level Joined: 12 Dec 2020 Location: Greene, IA Points: 212	Post Options Post Reply Quote GSTROM99 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 Apr 2022 at 2:56pm
	I've noticed that, for years. Last nights storms proved it again. Grass was still mostly brown yesterday. Greening up today, noticeably. My dog has learned that lightning causes thunder, which he hates. So he now gets real nervous, when the lightning starts. Edited by GSTROM99 - 13 Apr 2022 at 2:57pm