Crop products compliment soil health practices

Janelle Atyeo
Oct 29, 2024
Oct 29, 2024

FP Soil health products (10).jpg — Ron Geis, market development specialist for Corteva, discussed nitrogen stabilizers and biological products at the Farm Progress Show this summer.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

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As more farmers shift to soil health-building practices such as reducing tillage and growing cover crops, crop protection companies are adding products that align more with the natural environment and tap into the power of biology.

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FP Soil health products (8).jpg — Brad Van Kooten, seed applied technologies for Pioneer, said seed treatments can put a solution in place before a farmer discovers a problem. “They don’t have to worry about it. It’s just kind of behind the scenes at times,” he said.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

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Janelle Atyeo is a small town South Dakota girl enjoying her work as regional editor of the Midwest Messenger and Tri-State Neighbor while raising kids and no-till vegetables in central Sioux Falls. Reach her at janelle.atyeo@lee.net.