Understanding the nutrient content of cover crops can be challenging because it depends on many different factors. Grasping everything that could affect the nutrient value of cover crops can be like trying to drink from a fire hose, says Jim Hoorman, but there are ways to simplify and understand how to determine what nutrients cover crops deliver to cash crops.

Bayer will be the anchor agricultural customer of Ginkgo Bioworks's expanded platform, entering into a new multi-year collaboration which will focus on the advancement of Joyn's nitrogen fixation program, as well as new programs in areas such as crop protection and carbon capture.