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Crop Nutrient Removal

By Libby Rens, PhD What is Crop Nutrient Removal? Harvest is the time to reflect on the success of the season and use that insight to plan for next year. At the end of the season, we are literally removing plant nutrients from the system in the form of yield. Every potato or apple or […]

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August 3, 2020

Producing Productive Pecans with Intrepid Trio®

By Libby Rens, PhD Summary Pecan is one of the few crops originating from the US and is native to the Mississippi River Valley (NMSU). While pecan is typically considered a Georgia crop, New Mexico has almost four times the production on about one-third of the land, making it the most productive pecan state. Texas, […]

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June 30, 2020

Including Trio® Fertilizer in the Blend for Sweet Potatoes

By Libby Rens, PhD Well-drained, sandy-loam soils are great for promoting sweet potato quality and yield but can be a challenge when it comes to maintaining adequate soil fertility. Sweet potato is a high nutrient user, but the well-drained, sandy-loam, slightly acidic soils best for sweet potato marketability and skin quality also make a soil […]

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May 26, 2020

Magnesium and Potatoes in Western US Soils

By Libby Rens, PhD US potato yields have doubled in the past 50 years. DOUBLED! That means that in your lifetime, potato production methods have increased yields by 22,500 POUNDS OF POTATOES PER ACRE. That’s equivalent to the weight of 2.5 Statue of Liberty’s worth of additional potatoes on a 50-acre field, bringing the 2018 average […]

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March 23, 2020

Intrepid Trio® for Southeast US Row Crops

Creating a balanced fertility plan involves predicting plant needs and accounting for soil nutrient retention and interactions.

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