In India, most of the farmers have small land holdings and hence the culturable land is subject to intensive cultivation for growing food crops for self-reliance or growing commercial cash crops to meet their financial requirements. Intensive cropping practices and over exploitation of soils coupled with lack of knowledge on application of balanced fertilizers to replenish the soil nutrients consumed by the crops grown has resulted in depletion of organic carbon as well as different essential macro & micro elements.   Sustaining soil health is very important to obtain a good and quality sugarcane crop. So in this blog, we will be talking about a couple of methods that can be used and should be used to improve soil health. Soil test It starts with collecting soil samples from the field which is later sent to the certified soil laboratory/ies for analysis. Assess nutrients Based on the availability of nutrients and nutrient requirements in the above samples, the Labora...