Water Quality and Spray Tank Implications

When was the last time you tested the water source you use to fill up your sprayer? Something very common across agriculture is the lack of understanding of how water in a spray tank can impact the overall efficacy of spray material. Spray water pH and the number of...

Protect Your Nitrogen Investment With TILL-IT N-POWER

The Nitrogen Cycle in soils is a very leaky system, meaning nitrogen can be lost to the environment by several mechanisms, and losses can be significant (up to 40+%). These losses reduce Nitrogen Uptake Efficiency (NUE) and return on fertilizer investment, which is of...

Is Your Nitrogen Ready for Bloom Season?

Early Season Nitrogen Management Considerations in Almonds   Contents When Should Nitrogen be Applied? Nitrogen Stabilization Tree Growth and Nitrogen Loss NDURE DCD As spring approaches almond growers are once again making decisions on nutrient management,...

Growers Can Reap the Benefits of Healthy Soils with Humic Acid

Many growers are hesitant to plant cover crops or reduce or eliminate tillage, given various factors such as logistics, cost and timing. But crops still need a sufficient supply of carbon materials to build and maintain soil structures, to increase cation exchange...

Can PURIC® Humic Acid Increase Water Holding Capacity of Soils?

Much of the west is facing water shortages and many growers will not receive full allotments of water to grow their crops. The literature is ripe with citations of humic substances and organic matter increasing soil water holding capacity, but can applications of a...

Monitoring Soil Temperatures in the Spring

Before we jump into the debate between dry vs. liquid sources of potassium, let us first cover some basic agronomy as it pertains to potassium nutrition in almonds. Potassium plays various essential roles in all plant species.