How do Adapt-N recommendations relate to conventional nitrogen recommendations like MRTN?

The adaptive-dynamic recommendation approach used by Adapt-N allows for more site-specific and timely nitrogen recommendations.  Conventional approaches offer static recommendations and are generalized over a broader range of soil and growing conditions. Methods like MRTN can be used as an initial estimate of seasonal nitrogen needs, say, at the beginning of the growing season. Adapt-N offers more precise N rate estimates during the growing season by incorporating weather, soil, agronomic and risk information that is specific to a field and time of the season.