2021 Beyond The Basics
5-part series on the 4R systems approach to soil tests, fertility, and nutrient management.
- Sessions start on Thursday, January 21st and will run for 5 Thursdays (1/21, 1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/18)
- Each week will start at 8:00 a.m. and, depending on the live Q and A, will last around 3 hours.
- Each week’s session will be posted by the next day for review, accessible to registrants via a password. Materials will be left up for two weeks following the last session (Material comes down March 4th).
- The virtual meeting will be on the WebinarJam platform. No camera or microphone needed. Attendees can submit typed questions during the meeting via the chat box.
- We are applying for 15 CEU credits for the series. There must be a registration for each person submitting a CCA number to the sign-in sheet. Per organization guidelines, those that watch it live can be included on the sign-in sheet. Those that watch the recording later can self-report the credits.
To Register
- Email Events@CropTechConsulting.com and indicate that you would like to purchase access to the Basics Meeting Series.
- You will then be emailed a PayPal invoice for $250.00. (5-Part series only sold as a whole, can not buy single weeks)
- Once confirmation has been received that the invoice has been paid, you will receive a confirmation email that contains the cliff notes for the meeting and your meeting link for the series.
The Foundation of a Good Soil Test
- Major schools of thought for how to pull samples and write recommendations
- What method Crop-Tech uses and why
- What the soil test can tell you
- Why we build zones in a field, and how that plays into a systems approach
- Using layers of data to build your zones (aerial, LiDAR, yield maps, soil lines)
Reading Between the Lines on Your Soil Test
- The importance of knowing before making a recommendation:
- How the sample was pulled
- When the sample was pulled
- What lab ran the test, and what extraction method was used
- What units are the results reported in
- How to read the values reported and how to interpret them to make the best
management decisions regarding:- Organic Matter
- Cation Exchange Capacity
- P1 and P2
- Base Saturation
- pH
A Deep Dive into Phosphorus
- Availability in the soil, and the plant uptake process
- What role it plays in the plant
- Phosphorous tie-up and what that changes in terms of management
- All things starter fertilizer
Drilling Down on Calcium and pH
- Availability in the soil, and the plant uptake process
- What role it plays in the plant
- How to use the pH values on a soil test to decide when, how much, and what type of lime to apply
- What can cause false or varying pH results
Sifting out Lime Surprises
- How to evaluate a lime source
- Vocabulary for understanding acronyms on a lime sample
- How lime quality standards differ between states
- Why a good spread pattern matters and overcoming obstacles to achieve it
The ABCs of Potassium
- Availability in the soil and what affects it
- Plant uptake process and what impedes it
- What role it plays in the plant
- What causes a K+ deficiency, how to identify it, and what it does to the plant
- Effects of an abundance of K+ creating imbalances in the soil
All Things Nitrogen
- Different sources: Ammonium Nitrogen (NH4+), Nitrite (NO2-), Nitrate (NO3-)
- The conversion process between the different forms, and factors that influence it
- What source the soil microbes like best, and what the plants use most efficiently
- How and when to protect against
volatilization and leaching - Nitrogen Extenders
- Illinois Soil Nitrogen Test (ISNT) and how we use it to variable rate Nitrogen
- VRT Nitrogen and it’s affect on soil health and organic matter
Understanding the Soil Ecosystem
- Examining soil microbes’ role in growing a crop
Heterotrophs vs autotrophs - Bacteria and fungi, small particles with big roles
- Stages of organic matter
- The carbon cycle and the importance of the carbon to nitrogen ratio
- Nutrient cycling-what is involved and when do you see returns
Event Details
Date
January 21,2021-February 18, 2021
Price
Free
(CTC Customers)
250.00
(Non-CTC Customers)
Location
Virtual
Contact Us
Phone
(815) 408-0768