Soil Tests

[bigzee]

How much phos are you applying annually ? Is everything you soil tested around 19 PPM ?

That particular field is one of my higher ones. On avg likely had around 10 ppm, 20 actual. Most years I’m applying 35 actual P.

[WiltonRanch]

Used same n fertility forever. Phos too. Not a low rate really but nothing compared to what you guys are using. 60 to 70 n. 20p2o5 phos. I soil test occasionally but when they say a continuously manured field is deficient I am suspicious to its accuracy sometimes.

[SASKFARMER3]

we soil test every year each soil zone on our farm in a grid pattern for years.

Its fun to see the changes and the pig shit fields are so much fun.

New never seeded in years fields also fun to gauge and watch.

Its a tool in your tool box.

[SASKFARMER3]

But ill tell you one thing if the tests show i still have enough or good quantity on hand with the way grain prices are i might tweak with the rates.

We have about 14 different zones.

that get tested each year.

[GDR]

Used same n fertility forever. Phos too. Not a low rate really but nothing compared to what you guys are using. 60 to 70 n. 20p2o5 phos. I soil test occasionally but when they say a continuously manured field is deficient I am suspicious to its accuracy sometimes.

We test a few fields each year because I think it's good to see long term comparisons. Just got some results back today says low N and recommendation on N is 220lbs an acre with 8% organic matter. Always makes me wonder about validity too. 220lbs would be flat as can be.

[WiltonRanch]

We test a few fields each year because I think it's good to see long term comparisons. Just got some results back today says low N and recommendation on N is 220lbs an acre with 8% organic matter. Always makes me wonder about validity too. 220lbs would be flat as can be.

Same here. Om runs 5 to 7%. I figure I couldn’t afford to apply what tests say I should. So just run a 60-20 blend on cereals and a 60-20-0-10 on canola. I adjust it depending on conditions and the particular field. Fields where we feed on for several years or more we never cut back on fertility. Takes a few years but those fields will produce more than others that didn’t get the treatment, and the effects are lasting for quite a few subsequent crops.

[makar]

. Om runs 5 to 7%. I figure I couldn’t afford to apply what tests say My om is 1 to 3, hence my long term poverty. Agronomists just dont understand low om soils. Some of them actually believe water soaks into the soil and stays there.

[WiltonRanch]

. Om runs 5 to 7%. I figure I couldn’t afford to apply what tests say My om is 1 to 3, hence my long term poverty. Agronomists just dont understand low om soils. Some of them actually believe water soaks into the soil and stays there.

Get you there. Grey wooded?

[makar]

Grey wooded burnt off years ago splattered with patches of blue gumbo and peat moss. Oil field equioment operators cant believe the lack of topsoil .