Dig in deep: DEEP SOIL TESTING MAY BE NECESSARY TO HELP CUT COSTS, AND IT PAYS OFF

摘要

With fertilizer and other input costs still high compared to grain prices, knowing how much nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) or potassium (K) to apply and where they're needed most can increase production efficiency. And deep soil tests may be needed to get down and dirty on cutting costs in the right place. Jason Houghtelling knows it and counts on deep and shallow soil testing to keep corn in the 190-200-bu. yield range. He farms with his father Ken and grandfather Lloyd Frandsen on a fourth-generation crop and livestock operation in Cambridge, NE.