Nine top tips to make sure your crops are getting enough sulphur

摘要

All crops need sufficient amounts of the vital nutrient sulphur in order to deliver highyields and fully utilise nitrogen fertiliser applications. Farmers Weekly offers advice on optimising its supply.Ashortage of sulphur in soil not only means farmers fail to get the most out of their nitrogen fertiliser applications, it can also cost up to 2t/ha in lost yield.The key nutrient has often been overlooked in the past, because crop requirements were largely met by atmospheric deposition.However, since industry cleaned up and cut its emissions, this is no longer the case, explains Mark Tucker, Yara's UK head of marketing and agronomy. He offers nine tips on ensuring crops have an optimum supply of sulphur.