I’ve been a huge believer in pulling soil tests right behind the combine, but now spring,
in-crop soil testing is a very viable option…
Here’s why.
VRAFY makes this possible. It can take the spring in-crop grid soil tests you pull and meld that together with yield data from this fall. In other words, it takes the current fertility and subtracts off what your crop removes based on your yield map. This allows you to very accurately know what to apply in every single grid on your farm.
So, why should I soil test in-crop this spring instead of pulling soil tests in the fall like we have always done?