Microbial ecologists say there is likely a naturally occurring microbe to combat the environmental stresses a crop could encounter in the field, including fungal disease, insects, nutritional deficiencies and stress from draught. The key is identifying the right microbe and then introducing any missing microbes through seed treatments.

All farmers have a unique set of circumstances that influence the specific production practices they implement on their farms, whether that be an organic, conventional or GMO production systems.

In case you missed them, here are the items that have garnered the most interest from farmers in the past month.

A new research paper written by two 2023 National No-Tillage Conference speakers explores how U.S. agriculture is caught in the middle of urban expansion and society's increasing calls for land conservation.

RealAgriculture's Kara Oosterhuis talks to independent research agronomist Jim Stute at the 2023 National No-Tillage Conference about how using cereal rye in rotation ahead of soybeans can help no-tillers get ahead of weeds.