Greg Patterson has spent 30 years in soil science, plant nutrition, and microbiology. His observation is simple and expensive: almost nobody accounts for soil type when building a fertility program. The agronomy charts don't. The handbooks don't. The recommendations your neighbor follows don't.

What your soil type actually needs is different from what the chart says. The gap between those two numbers is your lost yield.

This is a highlight session from the Growing the Future Mastermind, featuring three of Greg's most practical insights for producers who want to stop guessing and start building.

What's Inside

- Why soil type is the most overlooked variable in fertility planning -- and what it costs you

- How healthy plants reshape their own microbial environment to outperform their neighbors

- Why building soil health is also building drought insurance for dry land farmers

- The difference between a field that produces consistently and one that doesn't -- it's not what you think

- How to use your best-performing field as a benchmark and close the gap across the rest

Related Episodes

- Engineer Your Revenue Floor Before You Seed (Mar 2026) -- the financial side of agronomic decisions

- Before You Spray: 3 Things That Could Cost You Money This Season (May 2026) -- timing, inputs, and what the field actually needs

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