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, ...

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 ...

CALGARY, Alberta, Jan. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FMC Canada is introducing seven new crop protection solutions in 2026 as part of its most significant portfolio refresh to date. The new solutions ...

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 ...

Have you heard the old adage “proper planning prevents poor performance?” This adage applies perfectly to establishing food plots for wildlife; you just have to adjust the words, “Proper planting ...

At the same time downstream seed treatments have helped build new product and service portfolios for ag retailers, there’s another growing opportunity. The list of products to be applied in the seed ...

There are few things more satisfying than a lush green field of soybeans laden with pods. To enhance the crop—and maybe increase yield—farmers have used inoculants for many years. As a legume, ...

Field and cylinder experiments conducted in France and in Senegal showed that polyacrylamide, previously proposed as an entrapping gel for preparing Rhizobium inoculants, could be replaced by alginate ...