Imagine a farmhouse in the middle of an housing estate, with land stretching
just 40’ x 40’; it’s ridiculous of course, but the message
here is simple – without land to graze stock or grow crops, a farmer’s
income would be non-existent.
So we agree then that a farmer’s living depends on his land, as
does the health and survival of his stock and the quality and quantity
of the crop that he is able to grow on it.
For years now the farmer has relied on fertiliser salesmen to tell them
what to apply based on a sample test that is antiquated and gives no insight
into what is ‘locked-up’ or what is truly deficient. Because
of this the farmer has in some cases been paying out for something that
he just did not need. It is imperative to find exactly what is going on
in your soils, so that you can make an informed decision on what to spend
money on in order to create profits from what you do.
With the price of fertilisers as they are, it is now more important than
ever before that the farmer uses every tool available to him to make good
business decisions on what fertilisers he NEEDS to buy, along with correct
cultivation techniques for the land that he farms.
Soil Fertility Services has been testing and monitoring soils across the
whole of the UK for many years and during that time we have gained the
knowledge and expertise of interpreting the results so that the farmer
has the correct information of what he needs to do to maximise his land’s
full earning potential.
Soil cross-section: The answer to quality crop production lies in the soil