Commercial Applicator's Field:  "Streaking due to poor distribution..."

Conditions:

17.5 Foot toolbar

10,000 gallons per acre applied

2 shanks, one on each side, with inadequate application (28.5% of swath)

80 acre field size

50 bushel per acre yield loss in affected area

$2.00 per bushel for corn

Estimated Economic Loss:

22.8 acres impacted by inadequate application

1140 bushel yield loss in 80 acre field

$2280 economics of yield loss in 80 acre field

800,000 gallons of manure applied to 80 acre field

$28.50 per acre economic loss on 80 acre field.

  $0.00285 dollars of economic loss per gallon of manure applied!  You could have paid $0.00285 per gallon more for this job to have been done right!

See the difference...

Mapleleaf's Field:  "Notice only one line where hose laid through field."