New research from Mole Valley Feed Solutions suggests that growers could significantly improve maize yields and silage quality by analysing crops and applying more precise nutrition. Rather than assessing soil nutrition, researchers examined what the plants were taking up. They sent samples from 23 crops at the 20cm growth stage, from Cornwall to Gloucestershire, for Scientific Agricultural Partnership (SAP) analysis in June and July. Almost all showed critical deficiencies in nitrate, ammonia, molybdenum and sulphur, and most were low in magnesium, calcium, manganese and boron. Lisa Hambly, head of grassland and forage agronomy at Mole Valley Farmers, suggested applying specific…