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Extreme weather—from drought to flooding to sudden events—takes a toll on soil health. Here’s how proper supplementation can help.
As the world population grows, soil conservation becomes increasingly critical to expanding our ability to provide a healthy food supply.
Are you farming in an area with heavy rainfall or an arid landscape? Leaching has different effects depending on soil type and other factors.
One of boron's claims to fame is that it makes the potato and nearly every vegetable and fruit crop healthier—and more marketable. Potato growers get a healthy ROI for a minimal investment in boron.
Palm trees are a valuable and vital component of many essential products, supporting a thriving business and global trade. To meet worldwide demand, growers use boron supplementation to increase yield.
Sunflowers are a major international crop. In Argentina, discovery of the benefits of boron supplements for sunflowers led to a revitalization of the industry—and higher profits for growers.
Cabbage and other brassica crops can be devastated by clubroot. But application of boron reduces the onset of clubroot symptoms and helps protects crop yields to a significant degree.
Animals and vegetables are alike in at least one important way: They both need minerals to survive. People didn't know about mineral nutrients such as boron when they first started growing crops more than 10,000 years ago. Now we know that macronutrients and micronutrients are essential.
Prized by the paper industry, eucalyptus grows quickly in its native Australia. When enterprising growers transplanted the crop to Portugal, however, they quickly learned it suffered from boron deficiency in its new environment.