NRM helps farmers save money on fertilisers with new soil mineral nitrogen package

NRM has launched N-Check, a new Soil Mineral Nitrogen (SMN) package designed to help farmers save on rising fertiliser costs and optimise crop production.

‘Assessing how much nitrogen is left in the soil after the winter is more important than ever on the back of recent price hikes in fertilisers,’ said Rory Geldard, Business Development Manager at NRM. ‘Our N-Check service helps customers use these values to calculate how much additional nitrogen they need—and therefore how much fertiliser they need to apply—to meet crop nutritional requirements for desired yield.’

As the UK’s leading provider of soil analysis, NRM has offered its long established Min-N service to arable farm businesses for the last 15 years. The new service is available as two options: N-Check and N-Check Plus. N-Check builds upon Min-N by adding a total value for the combined sample depth. N-Check Plus offers a complete solution for growers looking to assess their Soil Nitrogen Supply (SNS), and includes the standard N-Check service, organic matter to estimate mineralisable nitrogen, Spring crop N to determine the SNS, and SNS index based on RB209 guidelines.

‘Our customers have long been asking for SNS determination based on their soil mineral nitrogen analysis results,’ continued Rory. ‘Providing this data helps farmers and their advisors make the right nitrogen decisions that meet productivity, profitability, and environmental objectives. Our new N-Check and N-Check Plus services allow us to meet this growing demand, offering a complete solution to give customers both the amount of soil nitrogen supply in kg/ha and the SNS index.’

N-Check comes with an updated analysis request form, a supporting document on collecting samples and submitting to NRM, and technical details explaining the results.

‘Innovative developments such as N-Check allow us to further support sustainable food production and a safer, healthier planet—a core focus of Cawood,’ said Simon Parrington, Chief Executive Officer of Cawood. ‘In a changing world, we know we must be ready to tackle any challenges that arise. We are pleased to be continuously improving and building on our services to help farmers meet their goals.’

For more details on our N-Check services, contact us.