Episode 15: The Cost Of Overlooking Nutrients
Season 5
Episode 15
June 9, 2026
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Show Notes
Focusing on one nutrient like nitrogen might yield immediate results, but long-term production requires a more balanced approach.
In this episode, Norm Dueck joins Amy Crozier to discuss what a balanced nutrient management plan looks like and why it’s becoming increasingly important in crop production. As crops remove more nutrients from the soil, we must look beyond a handful of key nutrients and consider how a more balanced approach can help you avoid deficiencies, depletion and imbalances that limit crop performance.
Learn why nutrients should be managed as a system, how tools like soil testing can help you build a better plan and how focusing too heavily on a few nutrients can create imbalances and deficiencies elsewhere.
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"We can possibly reduce the amount we have to put down because we're looking after the other nutrients."
About the Guest
Norm Dueck
Owner, HeartLand Soil and Crop Solutions Inc., Prairie Soil and Crop Specialist, A&L Canada Laboratories
Norm Dueck is a longtime agronomist and certified crop advisor who has worked with growers across the British Columbia Central Interior, Bulkley Valley, Cariboo, Robson Valley, the British Columbia and Alberta Peace Region and Central Alberta for more than 25 years. He currently serves as a Prairie Soil and Crop Specialist with A&L Canada Laboratories and owns his own consulting business, HeartLand Soil and Crop Solutions. He has a vast range of experience and knowledge in soil nutrition and health for Prairie crops including cereals, canola, forages, corn and more. He recently became a Limited Licensed Agrologist through the BC Institute of Agrologists. He takes a balanced approach to crop nutrition planning, and believes that if soil nutrients are in proper balance, the results will show up in the field.
