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  Back-to-Basics is an educational program aimed to teach growers and those who influence their fertilizer management decisions about the critical importance of proper soil fertility. Successful farmers base input decisions on site-specific facts that help assure they will get optimum returns from dollars invested in inputs such as fertilizer. Most profitable farmers have lower costs per unit of production because they attain higher crop yields while controlling total costs. Back-to-Basics illustrates a critical lesson: More...  
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August, 2010: Research Shows Next Generation Seed Requires New Approach to Fertility.
Forty-seven percent of U.S. corn acres are planted to stacked-trait insect-resistant hybrids this season, but little is known about the effect of the rootworm-resistant gene on corn nutrient uptake and the exact nutrition needed to optimize yields. Complete Story

January, 2010: A Year to Replenish K.
There's good news for retailers and growers going into 2010, phophorus and potash prices, like nitrogen, have returned to 2006 prices. Complete Story
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