#3 High-tech VR Strategy
With years of yield data in hand, this farmer hired Advanced Ag Solutions to map EC & pH using the Veris MSP. By combining the years of yield data and soil texture properties from the Veris we built variable rate nitrogen recommendations for his corn. These recommendations accounted for the increased demands of high yielding zones and the underlying nitrogen supplying properties of darker soils. For low yielding areas in dark soils, a different strategy was implemented. When we had light soils and average yields, we chose to increase N. Last year a large block trial boosted corn yields with this system by 8 bushels per acre while averaging the same amount of total N. We continue to expect good results on the entire field and much better management of the variability for this season.
