Understanding the source causes
Only knowing what to do, without understanding or questioning why we do it, is not particularly useful knowledge in the long term. Knowledge of what…
Fungal mycelium and shutting down phytophthora in peppers
A bell pepper field had phytophthora problems severe enough to cost the entire crop. Ridomil Gold treatments were known to be completely ineffective. Instead of…
Rapidly regenerating tired greenhouse soil
Several years ago we worked with a greenhouse grower where crops were being grown in the soil continuously for over a decade. The soil was…
Yield: six thousand pounds of beef per acre
What is the genetic yield potential of forages and vegetative crops, rather than reproductive crops such as corn and tomatoes? These vegetative crops do not…
Crop Nutrition for Public Health
Regenerative agriculture should be an agricultural paradigm that is intent on regenerating public health to the same degree as regenerating soil health. After all, every…
When nutrient applications cost yield
Contemporary agronomy and plant nutrition management has been framed primarily around the Law of the Minimum: the nutrient with the most limited supply will determine…
To till or not to till
Is it more desirable to have your soil at a pH of zero or a pH of 14? Is it more desirable to have water…
The essential nutrients needed to increase photosynthesis
Most commercial crops are photosynthesizing at only a fraction of their inherent capacity. The limiting factors that keep them from reaching their potential are most…
Impacts of glyphosate residue on seed germination
Some new research1 describes the impact of pre-emerge glyphosate applications on seedling development and yields, and the impact of prior year appplications. The conclusion: you…
Effective Seed Treatments
For direct-seeded crops, seed treatments are the least expensive and highest return application a grower can apply. Seed treatments can contain bacterial inoculants, fungal inoculants,…