 Soil nutrient management is the science as well as art of managing nutrients and When I say nutrients, I mean the fertilizers of the manure the farmers use to produce crop and Feed the world I say it as a science as well as art because Nutrients which feed the plants are also responsible for causing environmental issues Especially the war quality issue or air quality issue our entire food production system Depends on soil health If you look into the history the civilization in fact moved from one place to other just because You know the soil health deteriorated over time and they have to move on to the next place to find a soil Which can support plant and the civilization? It's important that people should keep and think about soil health because that's the basis for survival of life on this earth If we lose our top soil the food security system will be compromised so Alabama farmers have adopted what we call as best management practices best management practices are science based recommendations which scientists and Researchers come up with over several years of research and pass it on to the farmers. So farmers in Alabama have adopted fertilizer Recommendations based on what Auburn provides to them They apply the right source at the right rate at the right time using the right method And these are all considered an important part of nutrient management and Alabama farmers have ensured that they have Used these recommendations over the years to not only Maximize the crop production but also to protect the environment so the next era of nutrient management will be utilizing this advancement in science especially in precision agriculture digital agriculture and Advanced analytical chemistry in order to merge all these things together and find ways to optimize Neutrant application that also helps to grow more food from the same unit of land when I was in my Agricultural school. I had the opportunity to grow rice and wheat by myself Acting on a farmer's role and that time I realized boy It's such a difficult job to grow and produce food My fascination increased that time itself and I decided that I need to be looking into ways How we can help farmers produce more food from the same unit of land by optimizing the nutrient recommendations Farmers are in this novel profession of feeding the world And that is something very near and dear to my heart and I always bring new information That I can feed it back to the farmers so that they can produce the most economically optimum yield and reduce losses to the environment