Nutrient deficiencies in our crops/vegetable. Dilution of plant minerals
Bryan L McLeod Research continues to try and find why our crops and vegetables of today are so much lower nutrient wise than the same crops 30 years ago. The FDA in the US has reported that vegetables today contain 30% less nutrients than the did 30 years ago Why you may ask? well there […]
PH Soil PH understanding the simplicity
PH (water) understanding and why do we see the soil PH decrease year by year Bryan McLeod My friend Richard Stone from NSW Australia commented to me recently that farmers were asking many questions about pH especially why it decreases from year to year? The following is not a scientific explanation but one of simple […]
Liming Alkaline Soils Australia
Lime on sodic soils Australia–CSIRO Research 2001
Water use efficiency in a high magnesium soil
Does a soil’s cation(Ca Mg K Na levels) balance have the ability to control how a soil accepts water ? My thoughts on the Murray River Symposium, on “A soils ability to accept or repel water” Introduction: Working with irrigation clients in Victoria, NSW and SA, with some on the Murray River at Murray Bridge, […]
Understanding the Metabolism of Nitrogen Means Profit for Your Clients
Robert G. Scott, D.V.M. Supplied by Pro Ag Consulting PTY LTD. +64 212956469 1120 Lois Court Shoreview, MN 55126 What is over Nitrification? How does it affect animals? Where is it most likely to occur? What can be done to prevent problems connected with nitrates? The nitrate problem has been with us a long […]
Facial Eczema helping suffering stock
Stock suffering from facial eczema need special attention, eczema is not a disease that can be cured with antibiotics, infact it is not even a disease. What is important to understand is that the eczema spores damage the liver and in damaging the liver there are dramatic changes in the type of food the stock […]
Nitrate Poisoning New Pasture
Nitrate poisoning can be mis understood, in basic terms it occurs when blood nitrate levels become so high that the animal dies from lack of oxygen Pastures growing rapidly in the autumn are more likely to be a problem than spring pastures, especially annual pasture species and even more so if they have been treated […]
Silage Pasture
Silage is basically the preservation of pasture during a time of pasture surplus for feeding to stock at a time when pastures are in low supply or at times when pasture conservation is required Purpose and questions to ask yourself: · Why or for what reason are you making pasture silage? · Where is it […]
Stem Rust Potassium
Presented at the AFA 9th International Annual Conference Cairo, Egypt, 28-30 January 2003 Crop insurance against stress with adequate potash by Dr. A. Krauss, Director, International Potash Institute, POB 1609, CH-4001 Basel, Switzerland; tel. +41 61 261 29 22; fax +41 61 261 29 25; e-mail: ipi@ipipotash.org; web: http://www.ipipotash.org/ Contents Potassium has an unique role […]