Great stuff guys. Gotta love fertilizer companies that have to complicate the basics shown here by various practices, such as selling the "equivalent" fertilizer. I recently tried to build soil Zn levels by ~2ppm by spreading Zinc Sulfate. I'd ordered 5lbs of Zn per acre and received a "guaranteed analysis" sheet stating such. After the fact I read the label on the product they had given me. It was labeled as 10% actual Zn per pound of product and had only been applied at a rate of 8lbs product per acre. That's 0.8lbs of actual Zn per acre, not 5lbs! When confronted they insisted it was a "specialty product" that was "greater than 7 times more effective" (and showed me a sell sheet saying as such). Of course, it was no surprise when my Zn levels really showed no practical change when tested a year later. Keep educating people to shut down the dishonesty and theft in the agricultural fertilizer industry!
It just shows nutrition per ton, if you want to harvest 4 t/ha of something, then the app suggests all of the elements needed to raise that crop should be available in one hectare of soil.
I know right! In my country prices have at least doubled since last year and they are still going up. So frustrating! Hey can I ask you a quick question about the app, please? I tried to use it but had some confusion. In my country we use metric system and before putting my numbers I actually changed the settings. But still I have some confusion about numbers that I am getting back. So, the question is the numbers I am getting after the calculation, are the in terms of acres or hectares?
@@centrallandproducer7977 The app shows fertiliser removal by weight. It takes the same amount of nutrition to grow 5 tons per acre or 5 tons per hectare.
@@centrallandproducer7977 Fertilizer prices tanked and were cheap as chips, then like a month after i bought all of this years it went up 60% so i literally bought spot on at the right time lol
If you are at 5% on some ground, major hat tip to you. That can’t be done without regenerative practices. I have everything from 2%-6%, and despite being organic certified or in transition, the most important thing is leaving it better over time. If every acre were farmed that way, we’d be stripping more co2 from the atmosphere than we contribute.
This clip ua-cam.com/video/NX1keB9fvC0/v-deo.html from 13 years ago talked about more fertilizer to get better yielding soybeans. Still learning the same lessons
Great stuff guys. Gotta love fertilizer companies that have to complicate the basics shown here by various practices, such as selling the "equivalent" fertilizer. I recently tried to build soil Zn levels by ~2ppm by spreading Zinc Sulfate. I'd ordered 5lbs of Zn per acre and received a "guaranteed analysis" sheet stating such. After the fact I read the label on the product they had given me. It was labeled as 10% actual Zn per pound of product and had only been applied at a rate of 8lbs product per acre. That's 0.8lbs of actual Zn per acre, not 5lbs! When confronted they insisted it was a "specialty product" that was "greater than 7 times more effective" (and showed me a sell sheet saying as such). Of course, it was no surprise when my Zn levels really showed no practical change when tested a year later. Keep educating people to shut down the dishonesty and theft in the agricultural fertilizer industry!
Brian and Darren responded to your comments on Ag PhD Radio: on.soundcloud.com/U48mh
@@AgPhD Appreciate y'all & professional reply. I would have assumed it was a mistake too if the the "guaranteed analysis" hadn't said so.
I use the app from many years, but when i use metri sistem uses Q/Ha right?
It just shows nutrition per ton, if you want to harvest 4 t/ha of something, then the app suggests all of the elements needed to raise that crop should be available in one hectare of soil.
But…how much fertilizer does it take to grow a crop?
Pretty concerned with the price of fertilizer. Great app to have handy after harvest.
I know right! In my country prices have at least doubled since last year and they are still going up. So frustrating!
Hey can I ask you a quick question about the app, please? I tried to use it but had some confusion. In my country we use metric system and before putting my numbers I actually changed the settings. But still I have some confusion about numbers that I am getting back. So, the question is the numbers I am getting after the calculation, are the in terms of acres or hectares?
@@centrallandproducer7977 The app shows fertiliser removal by weight. It takes the same amount of nutrition to grow 5 tons per acre or 5 tons per hectare.
@@richardl7759 thank you!!
Thanks! Brian and Darren mentioned your comment on Ag PhD Radio: soundcloud.com/agphd/05-03-22-spraying-around-your-yard?#t=58:35
@@centrallandproducer7977 Fertilizer prices tanked and were cheap as chips, then like a month after i bought all of this years it went up 60% so i literally bought spot on at the right time lol
If you are at 5% on some ground, major hat tip to you. That can’t be done without regenerative practices. I have everything from 2%-6%, and despite being organic certified or in transition, the most important thing is leaving it better over time.
If every acre were farmed that way, we’d be stripping more co2 from the atmosphere than we contribute.
Brian and Darren addressed your comments on Ag PhD Radio: soundcloud.com/agphd/05-05-22-insecticide-modes-of-action?#t=2:43
This clip ua-cam.com/video/NX1keB9fvC0/v-deo.html from 13 years ago talked about more fertilizer to get better yielding soybeans. Still learning the same lessons
No till gardening is the future!!
WEED of the week.......lol