CropLife Interview

Ensuring quality fertilizer application is crucial, especially given today’s high input costs. Factors like weather, humidity, and field conditions can impact application effectiveness, but accuracy and precision can be improved through regular calibration, uniformity testing, and proper machine maintenance.

Preparing for spring planting will limit down time and increase the likelihood that your seeds will thrive. Properly calibrating your planter will improve seed spacing accuracy, which will reduce seed competition and ensure proper seeding depth. Adding talc or graphite in the planter hopper with seed can eliminate stickiness or clumping and can aid in better seed flow while planting.

Some of you may be in the heat of harvest while others are gearing up to begin shortly. Here are some considerations to think through as you plan to collect quality yield data that you can use for future management decisions.