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The Rayners are busy growers, like many others, and turn to local agricultural service providers for suggestions on better ways to farm and new applicable technology. Rayner works closely with Cash Veo, branch manager of Wilbur-Ellis in nearby Buckeye.
Adding phosphate, magnesium, and sulfur are important to a healthy alfalfa stand in the desert. For about the last 20 years, Rayner has applied about an average of 300 pounds of fertilizer per acre annually to the alfalfa fields.
Last year, Veo approached the Rayners about conducting a one-field trial in the fall using the latest precision technology to use variable rate to apply fertilizers in alfalfa.