ecmn | rockbottom - 1/25/2026 08:38
How many farmers are using biological products on your corn and soybeans? Do any of us really know which ones we are using or just take our retailors advise or suggestion. Just bored this morning with cold temps!
Read the label.
If the company won’t tell you what organisms are in the jug or how many, that tells you everything you need to know.
Don’t rely on retail agronomy for biological recommendations. They don't know systems. They know chemistry.
Most of the time you’ll hear the same generic lines
“It’ll help with plant health.”
“It’ll help cycle nutrients.”
“It reduces stress.”
“It pays for itself.”
Those are marketing phrases, not mechanisms.
If a retail agronomist doesn’t ask any questions about your system before recommending a biological, that tells you everything.
Biology only works when the system is compatible.
If they don’t ask about residue, C:N ratio, oxygen, compaction, chemistry load, or timing, then they’re not trying to help you succeed they’re just trying to sell a jug.
Start with the WHY.
Why do you want to use a biological?
What problem are you trying to fix that biology can actually fix?
Know what you’re measuring.
You measure fertilizer with a soil test.
You measure biology with biological indicators, not yield.
Yield is the last place biology shows up.
what limiting factor is currently in your system that adding a biological is going to give you a yield response?
And the big one:
Is your current system even compatible with biology, or will it kill it off as fast as you apply it?
Edited by easymoney 1/25/2026 09:35
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