Soil Consulting and Crop Consulting in Illinois. You may call it soil testing, soil sampling, or soil health management, but it is more than that. These are my daily or weekly travels in soil and crop consulting and my observations in the agricultural world.
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Subsoil Moisture
I had a septic tank evaluation to do yesterday. The significance is that I need to bore 3 holes 5 feet deep. In addition to the evaluation for filter field suitability,i9t gives me a chance to evaluate subsoill moisture. Trees are very efficient at taking water out of the soil. All my borings were near trees. I was still finding moisture below 6 inches. Does this mean that cropland has decent subsoil moisture. I would say yes. I would also say that the heat will still stress the crop, but early corn should be in shape to make a decent crop. The jury is still out on corn planted after May 1 in our area.
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