DCH - 1/18/2026 06:51

So do as you please, the right answer is the one you can live with.

I would pay a professional crop scout to pull soil samples annually. Lots of land has been well mined over the past several years.

Just bought one side of a fence and rented the other. Fresh soil samples on each side. $2,200/acre difference in fertility and you can see it in the residue after the ripper last fall.

It isn’t always the guys paying the high rent doing the mining. I learned that as well.

$2,200 is a massive fertility difference.
How has the low fertility field able to produce a competitive crop?
Can you give some information on what fertility was missing?