Rick Clark of Clark Land & Cattle, Williamsport, Indiana, stands in a field with cover crop covers that will be planted with corn or soybeans. Since farming green, Rick has made significant reductions to inputs while seeing an uplift in cash cro… — Rick Clark of Clark Land & Cattle, Williamsport, Indiana, stands in a field with cover crop covers that will be planted with corn or soybeans. Since farming green, Rick has made significant reductions to inputs while seeing an uplift in cash crop yields.

How to cut input costs while improving cash crop yields

November 11, 2019

A 27.5 percent decrease in synthetic nitrogen, 49.5 percent decrease in farm diesel, 91.8 percent decrease in MAP (monoammonium phosphate) and a 100 percent decrease in both lime and potash applications – these are just a few of the impressive input reductions Clark Land & Cattle have made from 2011 to 2018 – while improving yield averages year on year.