VIDEO: Why you should soil test

Published: August 8, 2024

Soil testing is an essential tool in order to determine what your crop needs, ideally before a seed even hits the ground. One could say this is the starting point for growers to establish a fertility strategy, and a good way to approach this is with a 4R nutrient stewardship plan.

At the recent 4R Manitoba Day near Grosse Isle, agronomist Dave Ives with Enns Brothers spoke about the importance of soil testing and how often growers should be taking soil samples from their fields in order to get a read on what nutrients they’ll need to help grow a profitable crop.

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Greg Berg

Greg Berg

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Greg Berg was born and raised in the potash capital of the world of Esterhazy, Saskatchewan. Greg helped out on the family homestead farm near Stockholm, Sask., for a number of years in his youth. Greg graduated from the Creative Communications program at Red River College in 2011 and joined Glacier FarmMedia in 2014. He specializes in video production and is a songwriter in his spare time.

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