The Rhizosphere is the soil affected by the presence of the roots of growing plants. 🌱 The rhizosphere is the thin layer of soil directly influenced by growing plant roots. Although it makes up only about 3% of the total soil volume, the processes happening within the rhizosphere are far more significant than those in the bulk soil, both in quality and quantity. In the graphic, you’ll see how plants, soils, and microorganisms interact within the rhizosphere – a delicate yet powerful cycle where each influences the other. ♻️ So, how can we positively manipulate the rhizosphere? One key strategy is increasing WEOC (water extractable organic carbon). Here’s how: 1️⃣ Boost photosynthetic activity in plants, which enhances root exudation. 2️⃣ Those root exudates feed soil microbes, which produce enzymes that free up nutrients for plant uptake. Once we’ve created more WEOC with a photosynthetically efficient plant, we don’t want to waste it. To sustain and maximize the benefits of WEOC, we must manage farming practices such as tillage, crop rotations, pesticide use, and fertilizer applications. Over-applying nitrogen, for example, can quickly deplete WEOC and undo this delicate balance. 👉 All roads in agronomy lead back to photosynthesis. It’s just a matter of if we recognize it or not. Tools like Indicator Max and BaselineRx help us measure and monitor WEOC, ensuring your plants have the nutrients they need without waste. Listen in to Episodes 8 and 11 of Crop Cast Pod to dive deeper into WEOC and how to increase photosynthetic efficiency. 💡Blake Hadley, adapted from the book "The Rhizosphere" #Agronomy365 #BaselineRx #SmartFarming #AgTech #AgInnovation #PrecisionAgriculture #sustainablefarming #FarmManagementSoftware #DataDrivenAg #AgriTech #Agronomy #farmprofitability
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Getting those #Ns back in the ground 🌾 #Nitrogen, as we're well aware, stands as one of the pivotal elements for plant development. From chlorophyll to proteins, nitrogen participates in numerous metabolic processes in significant quantities. Consequently, the nitrogen levels in the soil that are readily available often fall below optimal levels. This could be due to soil pH, heavy rain systems, denitrification etc. One increasingly popular approach for nitrogen fertilization involves the application of organic matter and crop waste, both abundant on every farm. This method not only introduces nitrogen into the soil but also reduces the reliance on synthetic fertilizers, offering dual benefits. Additionally, incorporating organic matter and crop waste enhances soil structure and augments its water retention capabilities. #Agriculture #Agronomy #Nitrogen #Fertilizer #Avocado
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🌱✨ As we step into a new year, it’s an exciting time for farmers and agronomists to sit down and strategize for the upcoming spring and summer seasons! At Keystone Specialty Chemicals, we’re eager to discuss innovative plans that can enhance your farming practices. 🔍 This year, let’s focus on:-Nitrogen Stabilizers: Optimize your nitrogen use and boost crop productivity.-Liquid Micronutrients: Perfectly coat your dry fertilizers for maximum efficiency.-Top-Tier Drift Retardants: Minimize off-target chemical movement, ensuring your herbicides and fungicides work effectively.With a promising economic and political landscape for 2025, there are new opportunities on the horizon! Together, we can make the most of this season and set ourselves up for success. Let’s connect and make this year the best one yet! 🌾💪#Agronomy #Farming2025 #InnovationInAgriculture #SustainableFarming
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Exciting news! We are currently attending FLA in Rio de Janeiro, the biggest event in the agriculture and fertilizer industry in Brazil! 🌽🌽🌱🌱👨🌾 As a reliable ammonium sulfate source, we’re thrilled to showcase our latest innovations and solutions designed to help farmers maximize yields, improve soil health, and drive sustainable agricultural practices. 👉 Stop by Aruba I if you want to meet and: Learn about the benefits of ammonium sulfate in enhancing crop growth. Chat with our experts about how our fertilizers can support your agricultural needs. Luis Amorós Cascales Elder Silva Working together, we can make a positive impact on the future of agriculture. Let’s connect and discuss how we can help you grow smarter, not harder. 🌿 #FertilizerInnovation #SustainableAgriculture #AmmoniumSulfate #FLA #AgricultureExcellence #Sustainability #Agronomy #FarmingSolutions #AgriTech
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Today, I had the opportunity to deepen my practical knowledge in Crop Production Technology, specifically focusing on Kharif crops. As part of our agronomic class, we learned about nursery preparation, with a particular focus on the puddling method. Puddling is a critical practice in rice cultivation, where the soil is tilled under flooded conditions. This method involves plowing the soil when it’s saturated with water, which breaks down the clods and creates a soft, muddy layer. Puddling reduces water percolation, improves weed control, and enhances soil structure for transplanting rice seedlings. By creating an ideal soil environment, it helps retain moisture and nutrients, crucial for healthy crop growth in rice fields. Through this hands-on experience, I gained a deeper understanding of the importance of proper field preparation to ensure optimal crop yield. Puddling not only makes water management more efficient but also improves the survival rate of seedlings, which ultimately contributes to better productivity. I'm excited to apply this practical knowledge in future agricultural endeavors and continue exploring sustainable farming techniques #Agronomy #PuddlingPractice #RiceCultivation #SustainableFarming #KharifCrops #RiceProduction #SoilManagement #CropProductionTechnology #AgriculturalPractices #FieldWork #FarmManagement #PracticalAgronomy #NurseryPlantation #AgricultureInnovation
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🌱 Questioning Nature’s Nitrogen Puzzle 🌱 We know that pulses and legumes have a unique partnership with Rhizobium bacteria, allowing them to fix nitrogen directly from the atmosphere. Other crops also tap into nitrogen-fixing bacteria like Azotobacter and Azospirillum. But here’s a thought—if nitrogen is one of the most vital nutrients for plant growth, could it be that nature has equipped more plants with ways to tap into this resource? 🤔 It’s hard to believe that other plant species would be left out of this incredible biological advantage. Perhaps the mechanisms are there, just beyond our current understanding. If we keep pursuing this, we might discover new insights into nitrogen uptake across different plants, potentially reshaping sustainable agriculture. 🌍 Could there be undiscovered pathways for nitrogen supply in non-leguminous crops? I’d love to hear thoughts from the community—researchers, agronomists, and curious minds alike! #SustainableAgriculture #NitrogenFixation #PlantScience #Agronomy #FoodSecurity #FutureOfFarming
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Profile’s rotary technology not only gives you efficiency and flexibility, but the precision technology allows you to gain more good product and improve product quality. With our rotary sorters, in-process adjustments to fine-tune your sorting can now be done in a snap! What would usually take an hour of downtime and operator effort with static spirals can be done in just thirty seconds! Truly amazing. By creating such an efficient workflow, the Rotary sorter can be used in multiple industries #agritech #agriculturist #organicfarmers #organicfarms #agribusiness #agrilife #agriculturephotos #organicfarm #agronomist #precisionagriculture #sustainableagriculture #agricultural #agriculturalmachinery #agriculturalengineering #agricultureworldwide #agtech #agripics #farminglife #sowingseeds #sowing #seedbank #seedsaving #seedsowing #growers #industrialmanufacturing #foodmanufacturing #foodindustry #foodmanufacturers #foodprocessing #foodprocessingmachinery
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Choosing Between Spiral Separators and Rotary Sorters: Which Is the Superior Choice? Are you facing uncertainty about whether spiral separators or rotary sorters align better with your sorting demands? Let's examine their disparities to aid you in your decision-making process! Spiral Separators: Acknowledged for their gentle handling and efficient separation, spiral separators shine when sorting delicate items such as seeds and grains. Their spiral-shaped configuration allows for material separation based on density, ensuring precise sorting while safeguarding the integrity of the product. Rotary Sorters: If versatility and adaptability are paramount to you, rotary sorters emerge as the ultimate solution. These machines offer adjustable speed settings and customizable sorting criteria, catering to a wide array of products and applications. Additionally, their rotary motion guarantees comprehensive sorting and efficient separation, making them a superior option. Choosing the Superior Solution: Take into account various factors such as the type of material, desired sorting precision, throughput requirements, and spatial limitations. Whether you prioritize gentle handling, versatility, or swift sorting, the ideal solution tailored to your specific needs awaits. Ready to elevate your sorting operations? Delve into our comprehensive guide comparing spiral separators and rotary sorters below to uncover the superior fit for your business! #agritech #agriculturist #organicfarmers #organicfarms #agribusiness #agrilife #agriculturephotos #organicfarm #agronomist #precisionagriculture #sustainableagriculture #agricultural #agriculturalmachinery #agriculturalengineering #agricultureworldwide #agtech #agripics #farminglife #sowingseeds #sowing #seedbank #seedsaving #seedsowing #growers #industrialmanufacturing #foodmanufacturing #foodindustry #foodmanufacturers #foodprocessing #foodprocessingmachinery
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We’re challenging traditional farm management by diving deep into the biological, structural, and chemical components of your soil. Why? Because they ALL impact nutrient availability to your plants! The reality we’re seeing is that many farmers are over-applying fertilizers or applying nutrients their crops don’t actually need. Our mission? 💡 Help you spend less without compromising on results. 💡 Equip you with data-driven insights to make informed decisions. It’s time to revolutionize the way we manage soil, fertility, and profitability. Let Agronomy 365 guide you toward smarter, more efficient farming practices. #Agronomy365 #BaselineRx #SmartFarming #AgTech #AgInnovation #PrecisionAgriculture #sustainablefarming #FarmManagementSoftware #DataDrivenAg #AgriTech #Agronomy #farmprofitability
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We are excited to announce the launch of our new solution: BeCrop® Farm. The first of its kind, this digital platform is revolutionizing agriculture by providing science-backed recommendations and actionable insights to maximize the potential of every acre. BeCrop® Farm offers a suite of advanced features tailored to meet the needs of growers, advisors, and retailers: ◾Product Recommendations: Tailored, brand-agnostic, data-driven recommendations for biological inputs. ◾High-definition Maps: Biological soil functionality metrics pinpointing areas needing attention at the field level. ◾Agronomic Insights: Turns biological analysis into clear actionable management practice guidance. ◾Field-level reports: Comprehensive reports that summarize key metrics and provide expert recommendations for improvement. 🔗 Learn More: https://hubs.la/Q02GKPVQ0 📅 Join our Founders for the Virtual Product Launch and Demo: https://hubs.la/Q02GKm750 #BeCropFarm #BeCropFarmLaunch #BeCropTechnogy #BeCrop #SoilHealth #Agriculture #Sustainability #Farming #RegenerativeAgriculture #Agronomy
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Farmers have historically had two main criticisms of Biome Maker's BeCrop #soil #DNA testing: 1) That's a lot of info. Now what am I supposed to do with it? Do you think I would see a doctor of gave me diagnoses but no prescriptions? 2) $200/test? You must think I'm made of money! Of course, with good guidance, the insights that BeCrop gives you can offer you solid ROI in a number of ways, but that guidance requires a certain level of expertise. These are valid criticisms. Our product development team (God bless 'em) put their heads together to digest this feedback and build the best DNA-based insights tool possible for farmers, agronomists, and ag retailers: BeCrop Farm BC Farm is #PrecisionAgriculture for biological management. We will start with field shapefiles. The system will then create a sampling map based on data from topography, soil surveys, remote imaging, and climate to best capture the variability of the landscape. With the samples processed, you'll be able to see, for each field, which of the functional metrics are most in need of attention, and you'll get recommendations for management practices and biological product classes to consider based on our years of trialing different products and practices, plus our confidence level on the effectiveness of these various interventions. - Catch pathogen threats ahead of time so you can choose a resistant cultivar or get biocontrol in place before symptoms arise - Find out which areas of your acreage will and won't benefit from an intervention so you can target the best bang for your buck - Visualize the nutrient-cycling differences between high and low yield fields - Get a sense for your abiotic stress capacity before bad weather hits so you can prepare - Get solid data about how and where to apply biological tools effectively Farmers, agronomists, retailers: if you want to learn more about it, drop me a comment or a message and we can arrange for a conversation.
We are excited to announce the launch of our new solution: BeCrop® Farm. The first of its kind, this digital platform is revolutionizing agriculture by providing science-backed recommendations and actionable insights to maximize the potential of every acre. BeCrop® Farm offers a suite of advanced features tailored to meet the needs of growers, advisors, and retailers: ◾Product Recommendations: Tailored, brand-agnostic, data-driven recommendations for biological inputs. ◾High-definition Maps: Biological soil functionality metrics pinpointing areas needing attention at the field level. ◾Agronomic Insights: Turns biological analysis into clear actionable management practice guidance. ◾Field-level reports: Comprehensive reports that summarize key metrics and provide expert recommendations for improvement. 🔗 Learn More: https://hubs.la/Q02GKPVQ0 📅 Join our Founders for the Virtual Product Launch and Demo: https://hubs.la/Q02GKm750 #BeCropFarm #BeCropFarmLaunch #BeCropTechnogy #BeCrop #SoilHealth #Agriculture #Sustainability #Farming #RegenerativeAgriculture #Agronomy
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