Manganese an important micronutrient for soybeans

An agronomist says as soybean farmers focus more on nutrient management, research is bringing the value of certain micronutrients to light.

Jon Zuk with Winfield United tells Brownfield manganese is important for photosynthesis and supplies nitrogen to the plant.

“Manganese is kind of the signaling nutrient for telling that soybean plant to coax the nitrogen (to) fix it.”

He tells Brownfield tissue sampling has allowed farmers to better optimize the performance of nutrients across every acre.

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