Spring planting decisions are harder this year. Fertilizer costs are up, supply is uncertain, and every application has to pull its weight to support early root development and season-long profitability.

While it feels like we’ve been in a never-ending cycle of high fertilizer prices, we are also keenly aware of other changing market and trade factors that add an extra worry for growers dependent on NPK — nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium — to push crops to their maximum potential.

We know how important nutrients are to a successful crop. But here’s the catch: Many nutrients in soil are locked away in forms that plants simply can’t use.

The core of Elemental Enzymes’s work lies in developing targeted, naturally derived enzymes, peptides, and biochemistries that enhance plant health and productivity.

This year, Nutrient Use Efficiency, or NUE, is again the basis of Elemental Enzymes’s field trial program.

Sometimes, agricultural innovations lead to unexpected but highly beneficial secondary applications.