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<blockquote data-quote="Nick Wagner" data-source="post: 1677259" data-attributes="member: 25329"><p>Most will tell you it's the buffering of the Ph that is important, that's what I was taught years ago. What I discovered on this farm was that I had a calcium deficiency not related to Ph, and that was missed by my local fertilizer salesmen/agronomists many times on soil tests. For nearly twenty years I lost faith in all soil tests and anyone who called himself an agronomist. Best advise I can give is to experiment yourself, don't take anyone's word at face value. The last year growing crops here, on the seven acres I experimented on, corn ran 240 bu. The rest of the field ran 130. Probably wouldn't believe it had I not seen it with my own eyes. Only difference was an application of calcium enriched, composted manure. I wanted to take out a front page ad in every newspaper in the country and tell that story but I'm just a poor, lonely nut out standing in my field, 99% of the people I tell today don't believe me. So don't believe me, but do experiment. There is a world of information available at our fingertips today, research William Albrecht from the Department of Soils at the University of Missouri. Or you can take the advise given by my local extension agent that the soils in eastern Seneca County do not respond to standard recommendations. Until that moment, I thought our university extension system was on my side. Boy, was I naive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nick Wagner, post: 1677259, member: 25329"] Most will tell you it’s the buffering of the Ph that is important, that’s what I was taught years ago. What I discovered on this farm was that I had a calcium deficiency not related to Ph, and that was missed by my local fertilizer salesmen/agronomists many times on soil tests. For nearly twenty years I lost faith in all soil tests and anyone who called himself an agronomist. Best advise I can give is to experiment yourself, don’t take anyone’s word at face value. The last year growing crops here, on the seven acres I experimented on, corn ran 240 bu. The rest of the field ran 130. Probably wouldn’t believe it had I not seen it with my own eyes. Only difference was an application of calcium enriched, composted manure. I wanted to take out a front page ad in every newspaper in the country and tell that story but I’m just a poor, lonely nut out standing in my field, 99% of the people I tell today don’t believe me. So don’t believe me, but do experiment. There is a world of information available at our fingertips today, research William Albrecht from the Department of Soils at the University of Missouri. Or you can take the advise given by my local extension agent that the soils in eastern Seneca County do not respond to standard recommendations. Until that moment, I thought our university extension system was on my side. Boy, was I naive. [/QUOTE]
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