Crop nutrition is taking on added importance this year as margins tighten. Mosaic Senior Retail Sales Manager Sherry Koch says it all starts with a soil test to understand what nutrients are, and aren’t, available in the field. It’s important to remember the basics.”I would just ask growers to rely on their local agronomists, their consultants, whoever they’re working with, to help guide them in making some of those decisions in doing what’s best to get this crop off to a good start.” Biologicals are seen as a way to complement the fertilizer strategy. “If we can utilize more nutrients out of that soil profile, that’s a win.” Global events have made fertilizer a headline story, but Koch advises farmers to focus on ‘controlling the controllables.’
