A high crop yield will mean a high nutrient removal from the soil.

Dr Jeff Schoenau, a Professor of Soil Fertility in the Department of Soil Science at the University of Saskatchewan, says farmers will need to remember that next Spring.

He notes farmers will want to think about doing a nutrient assessment in the fall:

"There has been significant draw down in fields from crop removal. Every field is different so it's important to make those kinds of assessments in different fields and crop stubble on the farm. It's important to start to plan, and start to think about what the storage soil moisture situation will be in the fall."

He also said producers will want to look at doing soil tests, so they know what they have to work with.

"Nitrate nitrogen is a mobile nutrient in the soil and moves from upper layers down to the sub soil, as can sulfate as well. Those are a couple of nutrients in which sampling deeper in the soil would be wise, especially in a year where you have a lot of net downward leeching from precipitation during the growing season."

Schoenau was one of the presenters during the Crop Diagnostic School recently in Swift Current.