The Free Nitrogen Available During the Crop Residue Window
There’s an opportunity after harvest when soil microbes can pull nitrogen straight from the air instead of the soil profile. Learn why that happens and how we can help support it to capture next season’s nutrients.
What Your Soil Biology Needs Before Wheat Goes In
Seeding rates and fertility plans get most of the attention before wheat planting, but none of it works as well as it could if soil biology isn’t set up to support it. Here’s how a pre-plant biological and carbon application, a dry seed treatment, and a spring foliar pass work together as one system.
The Importance of Knowing Your Context
Beyond the soil test: learn to read the living indicators your farm shows you every day.
Plant Stress, Hormones & Soil Biology
Your crop is managing heat, drought, and stress through a coordinated hormonal system and soil biology is a significant part of that equation. Learn how ABA, ethylene, and cytokinins drive what your crop does under pressure, and why recovery rate tells you more than you think.
The Window Is Open – Are You In It?
How foliar feeding corn and soybeans can change what happens underground and above it
Rhizosphere Engineering & Root Exudates in Crop Biology
Learn how root exudates recruit beneficial microbes in the rhizosphere and why early-season biology drives stronger crop performance.
How Carbon and Soil Microbes Drive Nutrient Cycling
Explore how carbon availability, soil microbes, residue management, and C:N ratios influence nutrient cycling and soil health in modern farming systems.
Starter Fertility Meets Microbes: How P-Solubilizing Biology Works (and When It Doesn’t)
Starter Fertility Meets Microbes: How P-Solubilizing Biology Works (and When It Doesn’t) Understanding the Hidden Potential in Your Soil If you’re like most corn and soybean producers in Kansas and the surrounding region, you’ve probably experienced this frustrating cycle: you pull soil samples showing plenty of phosphorus, yet your tissue tests reveal your crops are […]
Brix Testing
Brix is named after 19th-century German mathematician and engineer Dr. Adolf Brix, who produced a mechanism for measuring sugar in beer. At its most basic, Brix testing is measuring the sugar in your plants. But really, it’s also measuring the efficiency of photosynthesis going on in your plants. If that process isn’t functioning optimally, your […]
Biostimulants and Drought Tolerance
Biostimulants are transforming agriculture by providing sustainable solutions to enhance plant health, productivity, and resilience to stress. Defined as any substance or microorganism applied to plants to boost nutrition efficiency, abiotic stress tolerance, and crop quality traits, biostimulants offer a range of benefits regardless of their nutrient content. Benefits of Biostimulants Common effects of biostimulants […]
