Category: Biological
There is a lot more going on beneath our feet than what meets the eye. Soil is home to billions upon billions of microbes that benefit plants. Beneficial bacteria and fungi are constantly interacting with plants and helping them to access nutrients, water, and other things that they might need within the growing cycle, explains… Read More
There will be a new biostimulant in the crop production toolbox for row crops in 2025. Syngenta Canada has launched YieldON, liquid foliar biostimulant to help improve productivity in corn, wheat, and other row crops. The company says the product is a unique selection of naturally derived ingredients to improve uptake and transportation of sugars… Read More
Biologicals hold great promise for improving crop production. The crop input segment is now occupied by almost 500 companies with almost 2,000 registered products that include claims to do everything from increasing root activity, soil microbes, and nutrient availability to building plant resiliency to abiotic stresses. It is a difficult market, however, for many farmers… Read More
Innovation, research and development has helped Winnipeg, MB-based, XiteBio rise to the top of the list of manufacturers of agricultural inoculants and biological products in North America. XiteBio’s Western Canada regional sales manager Jared Joyal says the company is powered by its in-house innovation, research and development (IRD) team, which is “constantly working on the… Read More
Inoculants are an accepted and proven biological product that has been used for decades on farms. Other classes of biologicals — nitrogen fixers, biopesticides, and biostimulants, for example — are newer products that many farmers are exploring how to best integrate into their input plan. Stratus Ag Research has amassed data over the last few… Read More
What crops can benefit from inoculants and what kind of yield impact can they have? XiteBio Technologies U.S. sales managers Doug Tigges says the first questions he typically gets from growers include whether an inoculant or biological product is easy to use; how it fits into management of the crops grown on the farm; and… Read More