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Latest research, guides, and field insights from our team

Beyond Glyphosate: What Actually Works for Terminating Cover Crops

Roller-crimping can reduce glyphosate use, but its success is crop- and region-specific: reliable for soybeans in humid areas, risky for corn, and unsuitable for semi-arid Plains.

Cover Crop Economics: What It Actually Costs and When It Pays Back

The realistic per-acre cost of cover cropping ranges from $15 to $100 — but the break-even math depends on which benefits you capture. Here are the real numbers by region.

PLFA Analysis: What Soil Biology Testing Can and Cannot Tell You

PLFA is the most reproducible method for measuring living microbial biomass in soil — but no validated thresholds exist for interpreting the numbers. Here is what the science actually supports.

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Soil Carbon Sequestration Reality Check: Biotic, Abiotic, Mineral, and Management Limits

Soil carbon sequestration is real, but it’s not limitless, and the “how” matters. This episode breaks down the mechanistic constraints that determine whether carbon inputs become stable SOC or return to the atmosphere as CO₂.

17 MINJanuary 18, 2026

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Organic Agriculture in 2025 Wrap Up

A data-driven wrap-up of U.S. organic agriculture in 2025: what the latest science says about soil health and climate resilience, why record demand collided with an “acreage gap,” and how new policy and enforcement (including the Strengthening Organic Enforcement rule) reshaped the organic label. We also cover the on-farm realities—labor and cost pressures—and the technologies gaining traction, from robotic weed control to bio-fertilizers, plus what these shifts signal for 2026.

50 MINJanuary 15, 2026

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