Crop knowledge
Crop knowledge
Guides to Australian broadacre crops and pastures: what each crop needs and when, what common deficiencies look like, and why nutrients go missing.
Crop guides
Each guide covers nutrient needs, growth stages and when nutrients matter most, common deficiency signs, why nutrients go missing and where LCF products fit.
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Crop guide
Wheat
Nutrient needs, key growth stages, common deficiencies and why nutrients go missing in Australian wheat.
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Crop guide
Barley
Nutrient needs, growth stages, common deficiencies and why nutrients go missing in Australian feed and malting barley.
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Crop guide
Canola
Nutrient needs, growth stages, common deficiencies and why nutrients go missing in Australian canola.
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Crop guide
Pulses
Nutrient needs, growth stages, common deficiencies and why nutrients go missing in lentils, chickpeas and faba beans.
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Crop guide
Pasture
Nutrient needs, seasonal growth, common deficiencies and why nutrients go missing in Australian grazing pastures.
Read the pasture guide
Nutrient guides
What each nutrient does, what a shortage looks like, where it is commonly short in Australia and how it is supplied.
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Nitrogen
The nutrient behind most of the yield and protein response in Australian grain crops, and the one most easily lost.
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Phosphorus
Essential for early root growth and energy in the plant. Placement matters because phosphorus barely moves in soil.
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Potassium
Controls water use and plant strength. Often adequate on heavier soils, but short on many light, sandy soils.
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Sulphur
Needed to turn nitrogen into protein. Canola needs much more than cereals, and sulphate leaches from light soils.
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Zinc
A trace element needed in small amounts, but commonly short on alkaline and calcareous Australian soils.
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Manganese
A trace element that is often short on calcareous and alkaline sands, especially in loose seedbeds and dry conditions.
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Humic substances and humate
Humic substances are part of soil organic matter. Humates are concentrated forms, used in some fertilisers to support nutrient efficiency.
Nutrient efficiency
Technology matched to how you apply
Drilled urea, top dressing before planting or top dressing after planting. We identify the loss pathway in your use case and match advanced inhibitor technology to it, added in the compounding process at our manufacturing partner Lardmee (LDM). You keep your current practice.
LCF Australia’s manufacturing partner is Lardmee (LDM), an independent Chinese compound fertiliser manufacturer focused on nutrient efficiency. See our fertilisers for what we supply.