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Data Decisions: One size doesnt fit all

2013-09-16 20:23:00| Corn & Soybean Digest

Premier Crop staff likes to joke that when I began my career in crop production, it was in the days of putting a fish under each corn plant for nutrient applications. Although funny, that was not quite the case. However, in those days we would routinely pull 20 soil-sample cores, mix them in a bucket, pour 1 pound into a sample bag, send it off to the lab, get the results back and then pretend that what was on that sheet of paper accurately represented the nutrient levels for that entire field. While that may have been the best we could do then, we can do much better now, but many are treating entire fields the same. read more

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