Farming Calculator

Bad weather? Bad seed? No. Those aren’t most reasons why pastures fails. They’re due to invisible soil chemistry, which only reveals itself when the clover … Read more

Fertilizer can be dangerous. Liquid ureanitrogen ammonium nitrate (UAN) works fast, then vanishes if not applied correctlyy. How much N did I put down? Am … Read more

Imagine: You want to grow some healthy tomatoes. You buy a bag of tomato fertilizer. But don’t just pour all of it onto one plant; … Read more

It’s Tuesday morning, and as you walk out to the pasture, a stand of perfect-looking green fescue catches your eye, but then you notice your … Read more

The first week of planting always seem rushed. It’s threatening to rain, and you’ve got a planter standing by and you want those seeds in … Read more

It seems like promise. In early spring, you see a hint of green. You picture yourself kicking at the soil across the pasture and then, … Read more

Around planting time, a certain type of quiet panic settles in. You realize that your guess about how much nitrogen to apply is foundation of … Read more

The weather app won’t tell you much, so there you are standing in the field with a spreader loaded with white granules, hoping for rain … Read more

Sometimes it’s easy to get caught up in a few clicks of your mental calculator. You look out at field ready for spraying with your … Read more

Applying lime isn’t a quick fix. It’s a slow chemical process. Lime need to be applied precisely (at the right rate) and reacts slowly in … Read more

Nitrogen: Nitrogen fertilizer come as a liquid (UAN solution) or as a dry form, such as urea or ammonium sulfate. Solid forms is typically more … Read more