Legumes are well-known for fixing nitrogen in the soil, but what most people don’t know is that they need a little help to create the best soil benefits. This helper is soil inoculant. Inoculants are ...

Soybeans fix nitrogen, everyone knows that, but did you know soil bacteria are key partners in the process? Rhizobia, the soil bacteria in question, form a symbiotic relationship with the soybeans to ...

The cool weather of early spring is the perfect time to plant peas. They love the cool temperatures and have plenty of time to set fruit before the hot weather wilts them. As simple as this seems, ...

Weather extremes at planting, such as too little or too much moisture, are a sign your soybean crop might benefit from a commercial inoculant, a biological product made of living microorganisms called ...

If you compare a store-bought snow pea with one freshly picked, you'll know why mine rarely make it to the kitchen. I eat most while out in the garden watering and weeding. Of course, I plant a bumper ...

Paulo Pagliari and other researchers at the University of Minnesota are trying to see if a bacteria can be used to reduce the amount of nitrogen needed to grow crops. Reducing nitrogen is important to ...

MONTREAL — Lallemand Plant Care announces that their new granular inoculant that combines two rhizobium strains with a plant growth promoting microorganism (PGPM), Bacillus velezensis, is available.