What's the fertility of your soil?

摘要

Pat Toner, soil management specialist with the New Brunswick Department of Agriculture and Aquaculture (NB-DAA), believes that increases in fuel and fertilizer costs are making farmers look more closely at their soil fertility programs, and use soil testing to refine their individual fertility programs. "Farmers are saying they have seen fertilizer prices increased $ 125 per tonne this year," said Toner. "With a major increase in costs like that, farmers want assurance they are applying the correct amount for the crop they are producing."