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The Crop Consultant Program
It can help you protect the environment and keep streams and ground water clean. By testing the nutrient levels of your soil and the nutrient value of your manure prior to planting, you only apply the amount of fertilizer the crop needs.
The Nutrient Management Plan
Plans produced by the program includes accurate GIS maps, record-keeping documentation of tests, applications of fertilizer and manure, harvest yields, and environmental practices.
Crop Consultant Services
For a fee, the consultant will work with you to develop a Nutrient Management Plan that will include complete crop records, crop history, inventory of environmental concerns, appropriate soil and manure tests and fertilizer recommendations.
- Farm Visit-set up records
- Farm Map- Inventory fields
- Field History- Soils, Crops, Fertilizer, Manure, Pests, Weeds, Insects, Treatments
- Inventory of environmental or resource concerns
- Manure Tests
- Pre-sidedress Nitrogen tests
- Fertilizer recommendations
- Annual Crop Records- fertilizer, manure, pest control applications
- Record keeping
Chuck Armstrong,
our Crop Consultant, has a degree in agriculture from the University of Vermont and recently became a Certified Crop Advisor. Chuck has been farming for over 10 years and operated his own vegetable farm in Brownsville, Vermont.
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