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Hz NutriTrac

Bringing Knowledge to Precision Management

When it comes to modern, high yield crop production, knowledge provides the insight to help you make the critical crop production decisions that can spell a bigger bottom line. It's why Hintzsche is offering a new knowledge-based program called NutriTrac.

Hz NutriTrac is a production insight tool designed to correlate crop yield by field section or grid with soil test values using the same GPS referenced grid scheme. The whole idea is to begin to gain insight regarding the correlation between soil chemistry values and the impact on yield.

NutriTrac reveals some of the fundamental soil chemistry relationships that are critical in the pursuit of high yield production. Equally important, NutriTrac raises important questions. Why does one section of a field with certain soil test numbers yield 20 bushels less than another field section with similar soil characteristics? NutriTrac may not have the immediate answer, but surfacing the question is the first step toward finding the answer and identifying a crop production solution that makes sense in terms of optimizing crop yield.

Start with the Basics

NutriTrac layers GPS yield data with GPS soil test values. Other attributes such as hybrid or variety, plant population, tillage practices, herbicide and insecticide application, and VRT applications (N, P, K or lime) can be added.

Once the data has been electronically layered, queries can be run based on the attributes collected. At this point, your Hintzsche agronomist can help interpret how these correlations affect yield. This insight and interpretation can provide you with a powerful tool for increasing productivity of every field, acre by acre.

Ask your Hintzsche representative about Hz NutriTrac and get on the right track for 2009 and beyond!

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Top Ten Yield Correlation Factors

To the right is an example of what we call the "Top 10" yield correlation factors. NutriTrac correlates the geo-referenced yield data collected with the corresponding soil test values. It then identifies and ranks the top 10 factors related to yield. In the example to the right, note the extremely high correlation between Calcium, Magnesium and the Ca:Mg ratio concerning their impact on yield.

Please note that this is just one example. Data from another field will surface a different mix of "Top 10" factors and importance values.

 

 

 

 

 
Correlation to Dry Yield
Calcium (Ca)
0.8013
Magnesium (Mg)
0.7268
Ca:Mg Ratio
0.6300
CEC
0.5400
Potassium (K)
0.4826
Phosphorus (P)
0.4725
Applied Lime
0.4253
Texture
0.3626
Soil Type
0.2703
Population
0.0752
pH
0.0037
Variety/Hybrid
N/A
Zinc (Zn)
N/A
Applied P
N/A
Applied K
N/A
Planting Date
N/A
Sulfur (S)
N/A
Applied N
N/A
Base Saturation
N/A
Organic Matter (OM)
N/A

 


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