John Kempf, chief vision officer and founder of Advancing Eco Agriculture, hosted a webinar titled “Regenerative Tools for Your No-Till Toolbox – Bringing Life to Your Soil.” In the webinar, Kempf dives into the relationship between soil biology and no-till farm management, and shares the value of biological inputs and the changes they can bring to your soil. One key to understanding this topic is understanding the rhizophagy cycle, which can be summarized into 5 stages:

Wheat has already reached green-up across Ohio, so spring N may be applied anytime fields are fit. Keep in mind that research has shown no yield benefit to early N applications as long as the application was made by Feekes GS 6 (one visible node).

Residual nitrogen should be accounted for and used at “no cost” to help supply the nitrogen needs of the next fertilized crop.

Phospholutions Inc., a leader in sustainable fertilizer technology, announces the launch of RhizoSorb, an entirely new phosphate fertilizer technology now available for use in US crop production.

No-tillers often struggle with losing a large portion of their applied fertilizer. With soil microbes, farmers can increase the efficiency of the fertilizer in their systems and cut back on costs.