Home / Topics / Columns and Feeds / Focusing on Smarter, Sustainable Fertilizing Strategies

Focusing on Smarter, Sustainable Fertilizing Strategies
RSS

In agriculture, improved management practices have to make sense in dollars and cents. Sustainable agriculture means stewardship of the land, air and water — but it also means doing this in a way that is profitable over the long-term.

Sustaining and further improving crop yield is the best objective of soil health. Continuous improvement of crop yield is extremely dependent on how we plan to invest and sustain the soil ecosystem to withstand environmental threats and stripping of key nutrients needed to sustain agriculture.

No-Till Farmer's Focusing on Smarter, Sustainable Fertilizing Strategies series is brought to you by AgroLiquid. For over 35 years, AgroLiquid has been on a mission to engineer the best plant nutrition products while safeguarding your crops, the soil and the environment.

Click here to learn more about AgroLiquid's suite of fertilizer products and agronomic services.

ARTICLES

Making Choices Leif feature

Sponsored Content: Focusing on Smarter, Sustainable Fertilizing Strategies

Making Choices: The Appropriate Nutrients for Your Crops

By John Leif posted on January 8, 2020 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Seed and crop protection selection has changed dramatically over the past 20 years, but crop nutrition planning is sometimes based on past history rather than on knowledge of the soil and needs of the crop (“it’s what I’ve always done.”)

Focus on P Jerry Wilhm

Sponsored Content: Focusing on Smarter, Sustainable Fertilizing Strategies

Focusing on Phosphorus

By Dr. Jerry Wilhm posted on January 8, 2020 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Clearly, phosphorus (P) is important for growing crops, and is involved in many functions within a plant such as energy storage and transfer (ATP/ADP), protein synthesis, photosynthesis, nucleic acid (DNA/RNA) synthesis, nutrient movement through cell walls and many more processes. Therefore, it pays to make sure P does not become deficient in plants.

Understanding P and K

Sponsored Content: Focusing on Smarter, Sustainable Fertilizing Strategies

Understanding Phosphorus and Potassium in Your Fertility Program

By Dylan Rogers posted on January 8, 2020 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

In agriculture, there are always a few factors that are out of our control — specifically Mother Nature. This proved to be true in 2019 with widespread flooding and extreme temperatures — both highs and lows.

Sponsored Content: Focusing on Smarter, Sustainable Fertilizing Strategies

Planter Fertilizer: When Starters Don’t Start, what Does the Research Say?

By Dr. Jerry Wilhm posted on November 13, 2019 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

The theory in using starter fertilizer is that it gets the plant growing faster after emergence and that rapid establishment will enable better yield. However, some experts believe a faster start doesn’t necessarily mean a higher yield.

North Central Research Station

Sponsored Content: Focusing on Smarter, Sustainable Fertilizing Strategies

Understanding Soil Health: Quality, Degradation and Functionality

November 13, 2019 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Agricultural practices like no-till farming, increasing crop diversity, the inclusion of cover crops, application of microbial products and composting, are all proven ways to put carbon back into the soil.

Sponsored Content: Focusing on Smarter, Sustainable Fertilizing Strategies

What is My Soil Test Report Telling Me?

By John Leif posted on November 13, 2019 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Information on soil tests are essential to understanding the condition of the soil and how to determine nutrient recommendations, says field agronomy manager John Leif.

Top Articles

Current Issue

No-Till Farmer

Get full access NOW to the most comprehensive, powerful and easy-to-use online resource for no-tillage practices. Just one good idea will pay for your subscription hundreds of times over.

Multiple Sprayer Tips Pay Off

Re-Examining the Benefits of Narrow Rows When No-Tilling

No-Till Investment Pays Off for Montana Farmer

Must Read Free Eguides

Download these helpful knowledge building tools

Ponds, Panels, Pollinators: No-Till Innovator Takes Conservation to Next Level

Ponds, Panels, Pollinators: No-Till Innovator Takes Conservation to Next Level

On this edition of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by CultivAce, No-Till Farmer’s Conservation Ag Operator Fellow, Ray McCormick, showcases how he’s taking conservation ag to the next level in Vincennes, Ind., with ponds, solar panels, duck hunting and more.

Top Directory Listings

Needham Ag Technologies, LLC

Needham Ag understands the role of technology in making better use of limited resources within a specific environment by drawing on a wealth of global experience to overcome the challenges facing today's farmers, manufacturers and dealers.

Titan International, Inc

Titan offers a full line of wheels, tires and undercarriage products for a wide variety of off-the-road equipment.

The Andersons PureGrade

The Andersons grows enduring relationships through extraordinary service, a deep knowledge of the market, and a knack for finding new ways to add value as we have done for nearly 70 years.

View More