Nutrient Management - the practice of using nutrients wisely for optimum economic benefit, while minimizing impact on the environment.
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As with any business, developing Best Management Practices (BMP) is essential to continued success and profitability. As you develop BMP's for your farm, a critical piece to include are Nutrient Management plans. In this post we are going to focus on commodity crops.
Many times BMP's are situational, especially with Agriculture and Nutrient Management. However, there are certain steps that broadly apply to developing a Nutrient Management plan for any farm. Once a plan is developed, the next step, developing BMP's for fertilization, can be put in place. Let's take a look at developing a Nutrient Management Plan
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