Crop Fertility Update: Now and For The Future

The survey uses records from ag retailers to measure the use of cover crops, nutrient management and conservation tillage and no-till by Iowa growers.

Once soil pH is balanced after entering a vertical system, switch from applying lime every three or four years to smaller amounts every year or two.

If you value the benefits starter fertilizer offers, you might like the performance of a starter fertilizer relay system even more. Farm Journal Test Plot data show a relay system + 2x2 placement = $36 per acre ROI.

Here’s an overview of some developments that have changed products to be not your father’s fertilizer.