A sales manager with the Mosaic

Company says overly wet spring conditions caused some nutrient deficiencies in

crops.

Tyler Smith tells Brownfield

early cool and wet conditions, like he saw in his territory of Iowa, Missouri

and Nebraska, can lead to slower root development and sulfur deficiencies.

“Sulfur behaves as a more mobile nutrient,” he said. “So, when the

roots aren’t down far enough to latch onto it or it’s possibly leached out of availability,

similar to nitrogen, you get some yellowing symptoms in the leaves, especially

in the corn crop.”

He said that was a common theme early this growing season, but until recently, conditions have been drier.

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