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Read more about the article Overcoming tough times – maintain soil health
A covered and microbially busy soil ecosystem is more resilient, has greater production efficiency and better operational profitability. Credit: Ecosoil

Overcoming tough times – maintain soil health

Many farmers are experiencing reduced profit margins due to drought, low product prices, and high input cost. In order to survive, they are forced to cut costs to the bone.…

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Read more about the article The Optimal Production System for Good Harvest Yields
Compost Tea brew containing a diverse community of beneficial microbes and a wealth of their plant health promoting metabolites. Credit: Ecosoil

The Optimal Production System for Good Harvest Yields

Few recognise that chasing an increase in yield is not always the complete, or even desired answer. Achieving an increase in yield generally requires a comparable or even larger percentage…

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Read more about the article How plants harness microbes to get nutrients
The root of Phragmites australis - "giant reed grass" - with a cloud of bacteria around the root tip where bacteria enter root cells. Credit: Professor James F. White Jr./Rutgers University-New Brunswick

How plants harness microbes to get nutrients

Researchers have discovered the mechanisms explaining how plants harness microbes in soil to get nutrients. In a process named the "rhizophagy cycle" (rhizophagy means root-eating), bacteria  rotate between a free-living…

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