Hawkins Bros

We tried a different approach with our fertility strategy in 2022. 2021 was very dry and we had a poor crop. And after we figured out what our fertilizer bill was going to be early 2022 we decided that something had to change, we couldn’t afford the risk of putting all that money in the ground and wait for rain. We worked with Paul to look at what strategies might work for us, we reviewed our soil tests and came up with a plan. We cut back on the fertilizer we put down in the spring and waited to see what kind of stand we would have. We put down our regular amount of N, where it was needed only, and cut back on the potash and phosphate. At 1st herbicide application timing the crop looked very good so we decided to invest $20 more per acre to try and maximize yields.  We mixed our herbicides with a mix of N+P+K, ionized S and a biological product that we’ve used for a few years. We tissue sampled a number of fields and crops and were very surprised at how much we increased all of these nutrients into the plants with this small amount of product. The use efficiency of some of the new foliar applied products are amazing. We didn’t get the rain later in the season to fill the crops properly but we will continue to use this strategy in the future. For us it just makes sense.