Microelements with Horticultural and Livestock Applications
Microelements: All the numerous trace elements found inside the Earth’s crust and in seawater are considered to contribute to nutritional homeostasis in plants and animals.
Soil Testing Based on Mehlich III Extraction Methods
Soil testing, wrote Jerry Brunetti in 2009, is the foundation for the actions you take to add fertility to your soil: I’ve always been a fan of foliar nutrition, especially on forages. However, I don’t advocate the application of foliar fertilizers as a replacement...
High-Quality, High-Yielding Crops: Measure to Manage
By Neal KinseyFrom the October 2013 issue of Acres U.S.A. magazine High-quality, high-yielding crops are the goal for most farmers. But where do you begin? Some even insist that to have both is simply impossible to accomplish. For those who think that way, it will...
Soil Testing: The Need for Total Testing
By Hugh Lovel What many farmers probably don’t know about soil testing is that most soil tests only tell us what is soluble in the soil. They do not tell us what is actually there in the soil, no matter what fertilizer salesmen might like to imply. To find out what is...
Phosphorus: A Limited Resource
By Wendy Taheri, Ph.D. Soil is a living, breathing ecosystem. Just as you and I breathe, soil too respires, and we measure that respiration rate as an indicator of microbial activity in soil. While there are large, non-microscopic organisms living in soil such as...