Published May 5
Get more yield with less fertilizer using the CROP BOOSTER More info: https://bit.ly/3gzfTLr
Categories: Corn, Fertility, Precision Agriculture
By Pat Rogers
Published May 1
This is on corn and already has approximately 2/3 of total N applied earlier.
Categories: Corn, Irrigation, Fertility
Published Apr 19
Growers across the southern United States are planting spring crops and many have lime on their minds. Lime is a very important soil amendment used to grow crops. To help ensure the correct amount is applied where it is needed most, the Clemson University Precision Agriculture Team has developed the Reverse Lime Rate Calculator. This calculator, or web app, is useful for farmers as well as gardeners. It uses soil pH (acidity level), buffer pH and applied lime rate to provide an estimated soil pH...
Categories: Apps, Fertility, Soil Health
Published Apr 8
How to achieve non-recourse financing for renewable power projectsGiven the current bankability status of PPAs, it is important to secure a loan for the projects which is guaranteed by a charge on specific assets or on the revenues generated from a specific project or assets. This is how a non-recourse financing works. If the borrower defaults and the security does not realize the full value of the loan, the lender cannot recover the shortfall from the borrower or from its other assets or revenues. In essence, the ability to reach non-recourse financing arrangement will mostly depend on the negotiation between the lenders and the borrowers, e. g...
Categories: Agribusiness, Farm Management, Fertility
Updated Apr 7
Fertilizers claim much of the input costs for growing crops and a Clemson University specialist says that, especially with today’s fertilizer prices, precise input management is important. Bhupinder Farmaha, a nutrient management specialist housed at the Clemson Edisto Research and Education Center in Blackville, South Carolina, and Clemson Cooperative Extension Service agent, recently conducted a Zoom meeting to talk about crop fertilizer needs. Among row crops, corn demands the most in fertilizer costs. “For corn, 37% of the input operating costs goes to fertilizer,” Farmaha said. “Because fertilizer prices are continually increasing, it is very important for growers to precisely manage fertilizer inputs...
Categories: Agribusiness, Corn, Fertility
By Jim Kurtz
Published Apr 1
Fertilizer shortages
Categories: Fertility
Updated Mar 28
Spring crops are going in the ground and fertilizer prices are skyrocketing. To help ease the sting of costs on growers, the Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service Precision Agriculture group has developed two new soil fertility calculators, or apps, to help growers maximize their fertilizer dollars. The NPK Recommendations Calculator and the Fertilizer Blend Calculator can be used on any device with Internet access. Both calculators are designed to support the needs of large acreage farmers, home lawn and garden applications, and small plot vegetable producers. The NPK (Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium) Recommendations Calculator uses soil type, crop code and soil test levels for phosphorus and potassium to provide Clemson recommendations for fertilizer applications...
By Pat Rogers
Published Mar 9
It's very interesting to see where the main origins of our imported fertilizers come from. With so much price movement in the fertilizer markets due to the war in Ukraine, I would have bet that we imported much more fertilizer from Russia/Belarus. Also of interest is how much N and P Brazil has to import compared to us.
