The heat of summer is here, and crops in the south are starting to show distress from the heat and humidity. The south did have record-breaking rainfall in May, and spring was generally wetter than normal, but farmers are still cautiously watching rainfall totals and predicted
deficits.
Now is the time to water, and irrigation pumps are working over-time.
With record high diesel prices to run irrigation systems, the agriculture industry is
carefully watching crops for proper water and adjusting irrigation times to
compensate for the higher temps and humidity of summer in the south.
With the additional heat and stress on crops, it’s a great time to apply another round of nitrogen fertilizer. First Products fertilizer attachments provide precision metering of additional granular fertilizer. This gives the plans the added boost to help endure the heat and provides added nutrition for final plant development which improves crop yields.