If soil gave signs this clear, you could create a nutrient plan for every field you farm. The truth is soil can tell you what it needs, if you ask the right questions.
The FS System has a long history of P, K and lime variable rate nutrient application providing more value to farmers. The specific nature of VRT addresses the challenges of providing optimum fertility on diverse Midwestern soils.
- Grid Soil Sampling
- VRT Recommendations
- By Soil Test
- By Yield Removal
- By Soil Test and Yield Removal
- By Management Zone, including Soil Type
And now, FS is among the first ag suppliers to employ a nitrogen inventory system to track plant-available nitrogen in the soil and offer a complete nitrogen management recommendation. Equipped with data, we apply insights about actual plant-available nutrients and crop growth to develop fertility plans that feed the crop when it needs it most – reducing the risk of loss of your nitrogen investment to unpredictable environmental conditions.
FS offers the exclusive N-WATCH™ nitrogen tracking program, the tool that not only asks the right questions, but can analyze the answers to how your nitrogen investment is being used.
N-WATCH soil samples are taken at key times of the N-cycle and measured for plant-available N concentrations. Equipped with field-specific data, your FS Crop Specialist applies insights about actual plant-available nutrients and crop growth to develop fertility plans that feed the crop when it needs it most – reducing the risk of loss of your nitrogen investment to unpredictable environmental conditions.
N-WATCH analyzes plant-available nitrogen (PAN) in soil samples taken in the 1st and 2nd foot layers. The two forms of PAN analyzed are Nitrate N (NO3-N) and Ammonium (NH4-N).