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Why are Diseases Becoming More Common?

May 3, 2016

For diseases to develop in a crop you need three things.  First you need the disease vector or pathogen present. Second, you need a susceptible host and third, you need the right environmental conditions.  Understanding these three things possibly helps explain why diseases may becoming more commonplace in crop production. Disease pathogens are found in […]

Suppression of White Mold Where Gypsum Is Applied

February 24, 2016

This past year White Mold was very prevalent in soybean fields across our area.  Many producers are looking for management practices that will decrease the risk of having problems again this coming year. With any disease you must have the disease present, a host plant, and the right environment for the disease to survive.  Since […]

Why Gypsum Works in Your Soil: Part 6 Other Factors

December 3, 2015

There have been nearly 50 different benefits listed for gypsum. It almost gives you the opinion that it does everything, though we know it doesn’t.  But when I hear someone say there is no benefit to using gypsum in their soils, I have to question if they understand the value of gypsum.  Previous blogs have […]

Why Gypsum Works in Your Soil: Part 5 Helps Amend High Aluminum Low pH Subsoils

November 4, 2015

Soils contain measurable quantities of aluminum.  When the pH of the soil decreases below 5.3, the aluminum is released from within the clay layers and becomes a much more prominent mineral on the soil exchange sites and in soil solutions.  Aluminum at high levels (usually > 20 ppm) is toxic to many plants and will […]

Why Gypsum Works in Your Soils: Part 4. Gypsum offsets high magnesium in soils

October 23, 2015

In the past and in many “Soils” books magnesium and calcium were put in the same category concerning effects on soil physical properties.  The reasoning was that they both had two positive charges.  In recent years, these ideas have changed.  Magnesium has a greater attraction for water and thus has a larger hydrated radius than […]

Why Gypsum Works in Your Soil: Part 3 Gypsum Improves Alkali soils

October 15, 2015

Gypsum has been used for centuries to reclaim sodium affected soils (alkali soils).  It is effective since it has good solubility regardless of soil pH.  In fact, its solubility is enhanced in sodic soils.  Some data would suggest that the solubility of gypsum in alkali soils is four times greater.  Once the gypsum dissociates into […]

Why Gypsum Works in Your Soil: Part 2 Good Source of Calcium in all Soils

October 5, 2015

Gypsum contains about 22% calcium and since soil pH has little effect on its solubility, it is a good source of calcium in high pH soils.  Calcium in high pH soils often is fixed as calcium carbonate.  Managing alkaline soil pH is best done by maintaining high levels of free calcium in the soil. This […]

Why Gypsum Works in Your Soil: Part 1 Reduces Surface Sealing

September 30, 2015

There are many reasons why we see responses from gypsum in agricultural soils.  This blog is the first of six discussing the benefits of gypsum. Gypsum gives responses in most soils by supplying a good source of electrolytes which rain water can react with.  Without electrolytes present, rain water will cause greater soil dispersion and […]

Why Does The Analysis of my Alfalfa Test Lower Than Expected?

September 14, 2015

(Parts of this article are taken from information from Bruce Anderson, UNL Extension Forage Specialist) Our customers who use PRO CAL 40 on their alfalfa have noticed marked improvement in tonnage and usually quality due to the larger leaf size and less hollow stem.  However, sometimes customers ask us why their alfalfa tests don’t have […]

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