Balancing the Economics of Soil Fertility for Crop Production Workshop

Iowa State University Extension

Iowa State University Extension

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is hosting a workshop on Dec. 14 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. on balancing the economics of soil fertility for crop production. Even if you already have soil testing and recommendations hired out to an agri-business, you can still gain a very good understanding of how recommendations are made and help you to decide where it makes the most sense to reduce fertilizer costs while improving income.

The workshop will begin with Charles Brown, ISU Extension Farm Management Specialist discussing the current costs of production and trends in fertilizer costs. ISU Extension Field Agronomist Rebecca Vittetoe will take a step-by-step approach to help you understand what to test your soils for, how labs provide results and how to interpret those results into fertilizer rates. The workshop will focus on phosphorus, potassium and lime recommendations. Please feel free to bring along a copy of your soil test results.

The program is free and open to the public, but if you plan to attend please call the Mahaska County Extension Office at 641-673-5841 by Monday Dec. 12. You may also register at https://goo.gl/forms/Ij1hHpJFElzEaPqF3. The Mahaska County Extension Office is located at 212 N. I St. Oskaloosa, IA. For additional information, please contact Rebecca Vittetoe at 319-653-4811 or rka8@iastate.edu.

Posted by on Nov 18 2016. Filed under Events. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

Comments are closed

         

Search Archive

Search by Date
Search by Category
Search with Google
Log in | Copyright by Oskaloosa News