AgronomyProducing Food for the World |
Good fertile soil is required for the proper growth and nutrition of plants. Whether it’s a flower garden, vegetables or thousands of acres of grain crops soil that is properly prepared and has the correct nutrients for the planned crop is the first step to ensuring a good harvest.
Nitrogen is, of course, an essential plant nutrient - but it also can negatively affect both growth and quality of a crop and so must be carefully managed.
Crops take up nitrogen that is released to the soil as a direct result of several catalysts, including atmospheric deposition … soil organic matter mineralization … […]
Figuring out soil problems doesn’t mean you have to dig deep. Looking at the top soil is all the deeper you need to go. And solving those problems usually means a strategy to improve soil through adding amendments. What are soil amendments? Soil amendments are any materila that improves your […]
The definition of soil changes primarily based on the occupation using the soil at any one time, but generally it’s understood to be the upper layer of earth on which plants grow…
