Agronomy

Deepbandings greatest advantage is its well documented ability to increase early plant growth with a higher yield potential. Fertilizer placed below the depth of the seed and near the seed row allows early roots access to the fertilizer. Deep banding can also reduce weed levels.

Though crop nutrients exist naturally in soil they may not always be available in the form or amount needed. Commercial crop nutrients, containing the same ingredients as natural nutrients, act quicker and are less susceptible to environmental changes.

Deepbanding of nutrients encourages deeper root systems to take advantage of precious subsoil moisture. Nitrogen, in the proper balanced amounts, enhances phosphorus uptake when banded together. One of the challenges in applying phosphorus and potassium is stratification of the nutrients in no-till fields. Deepbanding reduces this problem and allows for the use of dry forms of the nutrients rather than the more expensive liquid fertilizers.

Applying the macronutrients and other micronutrient fertilizers in one pass reduces time in the field which serves to conserve fuel use and reduces maintenance requirements of the equipment.

In all, deep banding is an economical and environmentally sound method of applying nutrients to the soil.