As summer days slowly begin to shorten and crops change from luscious green to finish line gold, it’s time to gear up for harvest. Like any great race, a clean finish starts with a strong strategy—and making the right pre-harvest decisions sets the pace.
October will soon be here, and many people are preparing for fall nitrogen fertilizer applications. Before you hit the field, we want to share these important reminders about fall nitrogen application timing and placement to help you reduce potential soil nitrogen losses through fall and winter.
Soil sampling is carried out to analyze whether a soil has sufficient plant nutrients, to monitor changes in the soil properties, to determine how much additional fertilizer is needed to be applied in order to produce a given crop and it’s often used as a report card of how the year turned out with regards to yield and residual nutrients left in the soil. Our main goal is to understand the soil properties and how they affect plant growth and productivity of the field.
