
Tag Archives Plant nutrition

Soil micronutrients get a closer look
There’s a growing realization that soil fertility means more than just N, P and K

Nutrient balance key to avoiding sulphur deficient soils
Production of more high-sulphur demand crops such as pulses and canola is creating a shortage in some fields

The case for managing magnesium
Like sulphur, Mg is moving into the foreground

A nutrient-deficiency flare-up in canola
Everything goes along smoothly for decades, and the same old fertilizer combo produces the same old predicable results. Then soil levels for a particular nutrient dip below the critical threshold and plants grow funny and yields go askew. It happens

Profit-making N strategies for growing corn
After a dry season, maybe it’s time for some hard thinking about how you apply nitrogen
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