Top Dressing Alfalfa After First Cutting Boosts Stands
The Middle West Soil Improvement Committee notes that top dressing alfalfa after the first cutting with phosphate and potash fertilizes plants, speeds new growth, and strengthens root reserves. Well-fed legumes improve soil humus, moisture use, and nutrient cycling. second crop alfalfa should establish growth before pasturing, with grazing avoided after early September to protect winter reserves.
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VY OU
Middle West
Cheapest Crop Production Item in Michigan Economics
Michigan farm economists emphasize efficient per acre production as the key to profits and low costs. They call fertilizers the cheapest crop producer per dollar invested and advise a rotation to boost soil health, low output costs by affordable inputs, and cash crops requiring more machinery than labor.
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Michigan
Michigan State College
Department of Agricultural Economics
Watch Corn Plants Hunger Signs From How to Harvest
Midwestern agronomists warn farmers to monitor corn for hunger signs from now to harvest. Deep green leaves mean healthy growth, while signs of potash, phosphate, or nitrogen deficiency appear as scorching tips, purple leaf edges, or yellowing along veins. Nutrient lack lowers yields. restore balance with fertilizer and well rotated legumes to boost soil nitrogen and structure.
Summer Seeded Legumes For Fall Feed Growth
The Middle West Soil Improvement Committee advises summer seeded legumes and legume grass mixtures as superior to nurse crops, reducing weed pressure in dry soils. Late July to mid August is ideal for seeding with a firm seed bed, followed by full fertilizer including nitrogen, phosphate, potash, calcium, and magnesium to build a strong root system and thicker top growth.
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Middle West
Pastures Need Soil Care Says Midwestern Scientists
A survey of soils scientists at Midwestern agricultural colleges shows they credit fertility as the main factor in pasture improvement. Ohio State extension agronomist Dr. D. R. Dodd notes the group urges more general, frequent, and liberal fertilizer applications on sod lands east of the Corn Belt range.
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Midwestern Agricultural Colleges
D. R. Dodd
Ohio State Extension Agronomist
Corn Belt
Illinois Farmers Gain Four-to-One Fertilizer Returns
Illinois fertilizer use on farms reached 577704 tons in 1950, up 180929 from 1949, with Corn Belt farmers adding 4170920 tons over the decade. Ten Midwestern states used 5215392 tons last year, while nationwide fertilizer consumption rose to 18346132 tons, yielding an average $4.13 more income per dollar spent.
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Middle West Soil Improvement Committee
National Fertilizer Association
United States
U. S
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