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Getting To The Root of Crop Nutrition

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What's in the soil can greatly affect how your crops yield. With Western Ag's PRS™-probe and PRS™-probe Nutrient Forecaster software, Western Ag Labs can generate a crop nutrition plan that will maximize your yield and minimize inputs.

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Its All About The Bottom line

Western Ag Labs wants to build a crop nutrition plan that optimizes your farm. Using the technologically advanced Plant Root Simulator (PRS)™-Probe and the PRS™ Nutrient Forecaster software, Western Ag Labs' Field Service Reps can increase profits and minimize inputs for all farmers.

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PRS™ Nutrient Forecaster

The PRS™ Nutrient Forecaster is a computer software program that utilizes PRS™ data by integrating the climate and soil conditions of that particular field to determine potential yields. As nutrient, climate, and soil conditions are adjusted with the Forecaster, producers can choose to increase or decrease the applied fertilizer to achieve the maximum economic yield.

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Contact Your Field Service Rep Today

Let our Field Service Reps create a crop nutrition plan that will maximize profits while minimizing inputs. Contact your FSR today!

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Frequently Asked Questions

The following is a list of frequently asked questions. If you have a question that is not answered here, please contact us via the contact us page.

  1. What is the PRS™-probe and how is it different, economically and structurally, from other, more traditional, soil tests?
  2. How much will the PRS™ Nutrient Forecast and Crop Nutrition Plan cost?
  3. How do I get a personalized PRS™ Nutrient Forecast and Crop Nutrition Plan?
  4. How many samples does a Field Services Rep take per field?
  5. Can I really grow that much on 6 inches of rain? How important is stored water to final yield?
  6. Why is my pH that low, I am used to seeing a pH of 7 to 8?
  7. Will my legumes respond to added fertilizer?
  8. Why do different cereals require different fertility?
  9. I've have heard a lot about Cu, does everyone really need it?
  10. Why are Zn supply rates borderline on a lot of soils?
  11. How do you know the clay content of my soil? How important is clay content?
  12. What is calcareous soil?
  13. Do I really need that much K? I thought we had lots in Saskatchewan?
  14. Does my Chem fallow really need that much N?
  15. How much N do I need for malt barley and for protein in wheat/durum?
  16. How important is satellite imagery? How can it benefit me?
  17. Do the PRS™-probes need to be buried infield? What is the difference between infield and lab?
  18. Is fall or spring crop nutrition planning better or is there a difference?
  19. Who else uses the PRS™-probe technology?