If we go into a wooded area that has not been farmed in 150 years or more, we find hardly any phosphorus or potassium. They would benefit from the addition of nutrients. Chastain, fellow ag engineer Dick Hegg, forester David Dickens and Camberato will be looking at applications of animal wastes to forest lands to measure nutrient uptake and determine proper application rates and timing in two separate studies. Albrecht said Clemson has had to make a change in mental focus in recent years, from thinking only about what is economical to what is environmentally friendly commercial agriculture. Farmers have to learn to read the weather reports, keep track of how much rain falls, and use computerized programs to keep track of when neighbors are having picnics before deciding when to apply manure to their farm land.
Some farmers refuse to be a part of that.
They will fall by the wayside. Those who are committed to doing it right will be extremely successful.