Most farms growing winter triticale forage with the high yield management package, are getting yields above what they expected yet the protein is less than what they want. With the high soy meal prices, the lack of forage protein hurts. Reality has caught up with them. As we pointed out last year in the March 2021 newsletter; a three-ton winter forage dry matter yield will remove 192 lbs. of Nitrogen at 20% crude protein. Insufficient nitrogen (and sulfur) will not only limit the protein of the crop but also drain the soil of available nitrogen so when corn is planted after, it does poorly for the first couple of weeks. A band aid answer is to put some popup nitrogen fertilizer in with the corn seed. The better answer is to put enough on the winter triticale and any not used will be there to supply the corn.