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Nutrient Budget Introduction
Download the Nutrient Budget HERE
The online Nutrient Budget program is a tool for growers that are interested in adequately providing the correct amount of nutrients for their crops for the optimal yields. This program allows growers to choose crop type and yield goals into a database that will then produce the needed fertilizer levels of N, P, K needed to meet projected yield goals. Soil test, irrigation water test, and manure nutrient test analysis results can also be put into the database to be calculated in the overall results of a crop’s nutrient/fertilizer needs. This database is designed to help promote soil testing and analysis and to help growers be more cost and nutrient efficient. We are working on adding on to the Nutrient Budget program to incorporate soil salinity levels (EC) and pH to better service the nutrient budget users and provide greater information.
To use the Nutrient Budget the first thing is to choose the crop you are planning to grow by choosing from the list of crop tabs at the bottom of the screen
After clicking on the chosen crop tab fill in the “Plan Area” field in acres and “Yield Area” field in lbs/acre or tons/acre doing this will provide the needed N, P, and K requirements of the specified plan area.
Additional numbers from irrigation water analysis, soil analysis and fertilizer analysis from a plan area can be inputted to factor in to the overall needed requirements for N, P, and K in lbs/plan area.
