How can efficient fertilization programs reduce environmental concerns?
Proper nutrition helps plants grow healthier and stronger, making them more resistant to disease. In some cases, by increasing the levels of certain nutrients above the level needed for normal yields, farmers can achieve greater disease resistance than previously thought possible. This can reduce the need for crop protection chemicals at a time when many people are stressing the heath advantages of organic produce – and paying higher prices for those benefits. How much will a balanced nutritional program promoting “free choice feeding” cost? It may cost no more than what you are already spending on your fertilization program. Often it is simply a matter of reallocating your current fertilizer expenses to make them more efficient through the use of secondary and micronutrients. And these can be tank mixed so that they are applied at the same time as your crop protection products. Ensuring that adequate levels of nutrients are present can make significant differences in your crop yield a
