Mey-check pays off for cereal farmer

摘要

VICTORIAN cereal farmer Kevin Clugston has discovered the financial rewards of monitoring the nitrogen status of his crops throughout the growing season. Last year, he took part in the Mey-check (maximum economic yield) program in a bid to improve theproductivity of his farm in the Rainbow district. Mey-Check relates paddock history, fertility, estimated rainfall, climate and other crop factors into a computer model to determine what combination of management activities and inputs will produce the most economic yield for a crop.