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Eggplant · Our Articles · Plant Health and Pest Resistance · Soil Health · Vegetables

Harriet Mella has a deep perspective on soil and plant biophysics. We discussed the water stress and nutritional environment that produces slug

Fruit and Nuts · Macadamia · Nuts · Our Articles · Plant Health and Pest Resistance · Soil Health

A review of sap analysis data for Malcolm Leadbetter at SweetAz Farm on Macadamia. This is a crop we have limited data for

Broad Acre Crops · Dryland Crops · Maize And Corn · Plant Health and Pest Resistance

I already wrote about this topic here. On a previous post with wine grapes, I created a brand new category.

Fruit · Fruit and Nuts · Plant Health and Pest Resistance · Plums

This grower believes he has exceptional leaf size on his plums. And it is true, he does. He also has visual indicators

Broad Acre Crops · Fruit and Nuts · Plant Health and Pest Resistance
Our Articles · Plant Health and Pest Resistance · Regenerative Agriculture

Regenerative agriculture should be an agricultural paradigm that is intent on regenerating public health to the same degree as regenerating soil health.

Our Articles · Plant Health and Pest Resistance

Contemporary agronomy and plant nutrition management has been framed primarily around the Law of the Minimum: the nutrient with the most limited

Our Articles · Plant Health and Pest Resistance

Most commercial crops are photosynthesizing at only a fraction of their inherent capacity. The limiting factors that keep them from reaching their

Our Articles · Plant Health and Pest Resistance · Weed Management

Some new research1 describes the impact of pre-emerge glyphosate applications on seedling development and yields, and the impact of prior year appplications.

Our Articles · Plant Health and Pest Resistance

For direct-seeded crops, seed treatments are the least expensive and highest return application a grower can apply.  Seed treatments can contain bacterial