Video: How Do You Manage Your Soil Health?
We need to get away from the “because we were told to” mentality.
Steve McQueen, agronomy manager at Alpine, thinks well-informed producers need to be a little bit more cautious in their soil management.
He says often farmers just do things because previously they were told to do it.
For example, “when looking at soil samples if you have 18 parts per million of phosphorus, we multiply that by two, and it gives you 36, right? But why do we multiply it by two? Because you were told to.”
Watch to learn more about soil management practices!