Optimising your fertiliser strategy is an important part of your farm operation. The rate, type and method of fertiliser application can all impact significantly on the costs and receipts of production. In addition, inefficient fertiliser use can cause off-farm problems that create environmental and human health difficulties. Clearly, developing a sound plan for fertiliser use is going to be good for you and your neighbours.
Choosing the fertiliser programme that best matches your situation is an essential part of any crop production system. This online course introduces you to a running on-farm trials to make that choice with minimum fuss and maximum reliability.
The “On-Farm Trial Guide” is available as a series of booklets from LandWISE Inc. It includes a template that can be applied to fertiliser trials on a wide range of crops. The trial process is broken down into 10 major steps. Following them in sequential order will enable you to plan, establish, execute and analyse a fertiliser trial that you can use to help assess which of two alternative rates of fertiliser application best suits your cropping system.