Fertilizer
Your field's fertility needs can very from one end to the other or even from one acre to the next. Using variable rate technology we can apply each type of fertilizer where it is needed in the field. While this usually does not reduce the total amound of fertilizer needed on your field it will allow us to apply it where it is needed to reduce waste and maximize your return on investment.
It starts with getting your field grid sampled. Grid samples are taken in 2.5 acres grids so that we can better understand what is needed in different areas of the field. The data that is gathered from each of these samples is put into our SMS Advance software, which analyzes the data with formulas that we have developed in house over the years.
We can also overlay your harvest data with this grid sample data to make an accurate year by year removal analysis instead of a 4 year guess as to what you would like your field to yeild. Areas of the field with higher yields or years of higher production will pull more nutriants out of the ground and thus will need to be replaced with more fertilizer so as not to mine the ground.
All the information gathered from these grid samples and processed through our software is compatible with the monitors we have in our application equipment. This allows us to spread the fertilizer at different rates througout the field.