Summary
It means some farmers will be cutting back on fertilizer applications whether they want to or not, either because they don't have enough money or they can't get access to the fertilizer in time.
"My biggest concern is we'll have growers cut back on all their fields. We have some growers with fields they can cut back on and some they shouldn't," [Tom Jensen] said, noting that with the exception of heavily manured soils, most fields in Manitoba are deficient in phosphorus.Depending upon how the farm has been managed over time, crops can tap into the soil's reserves of nutrients -- a bit like cleaning out the chequing account and dipping into savings. How much is available in a form the crop can readily use is highly correlated with an active micro-organism population, which is associated with farming practices such as zero tillage and diverse crop rotations.See the full content of this document
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Fertilizer Use Topic of Much Speculation
The fields still lie under an insulating blanket of snow, but market analysts' attention has already turned to the next cropping season and more importantly, what that season might bring by way of commodity production.
Of course market...See the full content of this document
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