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PLANT & SOIL HEALTH
said. " We must take conscious steps to
try to protect our planet. "
Grower profitability
Farmers face economic pressures of
finding and keeping a workforce, and
implementing sustainable practices to
lower their carbon footprint adds to that
pressure, Cutts said.
" We have to understand what society's
demanding - how do we develop
fertilizer resources and technologies so
growers can achieve what society and
consumers are demanding, but maintain
and grow their profitability? "
Words such as sustainability are
highly broad, he said, but in terms of
soil health, maximizing productivity is
the ultimate definition of sustainability,
he said.
Scientists have only cracked the
surface in understanding soil, Cutts
said, but significant advances in
the past decade have been made in
understanding how microbiomes can
affect root health, nutrient cycling, as
well as nutrient use and efficiencies,
Cutts said.
" Amazingly, we can have an impact on
different aspects of the soil, such as soil
aggregation, which can increase water
holding capacity, further increasing root
growth, " he said.
As institutions and organizations learn
more about soil microbiome, Yara wants
to take that research and show farmers
practical applications to make them
more productive and efficient.
The incubator farms are designed
to help the industry build on already
proven science, through more
production-level granular research on
cover cropping, minimal tillage, crop
rotation and managing nutrient input.
" Amazingly, we can have
an impact on different
aspects of the soil,
such as soil aggregation,
which can increase water
holding capacity, further
increasing root growth. "
− Trey Cutts, Yara
That involves embracing soil
variability. Yara wants to narrow the
more than 100 tools that can measure
soil health, based upon cropping systems
and soil types, critical factors that can
affect productivity. In some cases, that
may involve organic matter, soil pH and
soil aggregates. The effort is designed
to help the industry improve soil
productivity via technology, said Cutts.
That includes how the industry
can appropriately manage nutrients
while balancing pH and maintaining
productive soils.
While it's either organic or
mineral nutrients, Yara believes the
combination of those different systems
hasn't been exploited. Cutts said Yara
seeks to discover a balance and the
most beneficial approaches for soil
health and crop productivity.
" We have to look at the soil as a crop
in itself, " he said. " Let's look at the soil as
a valued commodity. We must keep it as
productive as possible. "
The collaborative approach should
help improve soils while keeping
growers profitable.
" The spirt of the incubator farm
concept is that it's not one organization,
one entity or one product, " Cutts said.
" It's a combination of all these. We as an
industry must come together to create
more holistic solutions. " VGN
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