RhizoMetRx

What a Tough Crop Can Teach You: Tar Spot, Resilience & Farming

Faith joins Mary Pat Sass and Jena Ochsner from Beyond The Crops podcast, for a conversation that starts in the field with tar spot and ends with a much bigger conversati

What 2026 Is Teaching Us About Planting, Soil Health & Crop Stress

Welcome back to Season 2 of RhizoMetRx! After taking a break during the heart of the 2026 growing season, Faith Lois is back with an agronomic quick hitter and a look at

Live from Commodity Classic: The "Crunchy Agronomy" Crossover with Mary Pat Sass & Sean Nettleton

In this special episode of RhizometRX, recorded live at the 2026 Commodity Classic in San Antonio, Texas! Faith and Mary Pat Sass (co-host of the Beyond the Crops podcast

The "Feed the Soil" Myth: Why Chasing PPMs is Costing You Money

In this solo episode of Rhizometrx, Faith drops a major agronomic hot take that goes against decades of industry advice: It is time to stop blindly "feeding the soil" to

Navigating the Fertilizer Market: Tips and Tricks to Increase Efficiency in 2026

Fresh off the floor of Commodity Classic in San Antonio, Faith returns with a pulse check on the Ag Industry and a tactical guide for navigating the volatile fertilizer m

Stress Mitigation: The 2026 Game Plan

Fresh off the Agronomy Roadshow in Indiana and heading into Commodity Classic, Faith Lois returns for a solo episode packed with practical, albeit controversial, agronomi

When Did We Stop Farming for ROI? Auditing Your Fertility Plan for 2026

In this solo episode of Rhizometrx, host Faith issues a wake-up call to growers as they head into the 2026 planning season. With margins tighter than ever, Faith challeng

From Root to Rumen: Bridging the Gap Between Agronomy and Animal Nutrition with Dr. Blaine Ellison

In this special episode of Rhizometrx, Faith steps outside the traditional agronomy bubble to welcome Dr. Blaine Ellison, a veterinarian and ruminant nutritionist. Togeth

Agronomic Tips for 2026 - What Your Traditional Soil Test Isn’t Telling You

As the 2026 crop planning season heats up, Faith welcomes back Nebraska agronomists Kyle Olson and Chase Perry to dig through the data. After reviewing thousands of Indic

Rethinking Nitrogen & Building Better Soil Systems: A Crop Cast Roundtable Re-Air

In this special episode of Rhizometrx, we are unlocking the archives to bring you a powerhouse roundtable conversation that originally aired on The Crop Cast. As we head

50 Years of Farming: What 1970s Newspapers Can Teach Us About Agronomy Today

In this solo episode of Rhizometrx, host Faith Lois takes listeners on a journey through her family’s 168-year farming history, sparked by a collection of old newspaper c

Implementing Baseline Rx: The Process

In this solo episode of Rhizometrx, host Faith Lois takes listeners through the nitty-gritty details of implementing the Baseline RX program for the 2026 growing season.

Trend Line Yield is a Trap: Evaluating Product Performance with Mason Claude

In this episode of Rhizometrx, host Faith is joined by Mason Claude, a self-described "agronomy nerd" and BW Fusion agronomist. They dive deep into why relying solely on

Challenging the “Way We Have Always Done It”: Agronomic Tough Pills to Swallow Part 2 with Crop Cast’s Sean Nettleton

In this special Christmas episode of Rhizometrx, Faith and Sean Nettleton (host of CropCast) continue their deep dive into agronomy's "hard pills to swallow." Buildi

Challenging the “Way We Have Always Done It”: Agronomic Tough Pills to Swallow Part 1 with Crop Cast’s Sean Nettleton

In this episode of Rhizometrx, host Faith is joined by Sean Nettleton, host of the Crop Cast and Technical Agronomist at BW Fusion. Sean has been a key mentor in Faith’s

The Basics of Baseline RX with Dirt2Dollars (Ep 3)

In this episode of RhizoMetRx, host Faith is joined by Nebraska natives Kyle Olson and Chase Perry to dismantle the "grid sampling" status quo. Together, they explore the

Reimagining Fertility: Soil Health, Zone Management, and the Power of the Indicator Test with Jason Schley

In this episode of RhizoMetRx, host Faith sits down with agronomist and Next Level Ag Labs part-owner Jason Schley to explore why traditional fertility models often fall

Welcome to RhizoMetRx: Where Dirt Meets Data

Welcome to the launch of RhizoMetRx, the podcast where agronomy meets actionable insights. In this episode, host Faith—farmer’s daughter, farm wife, entrepreneur, and agr

Welcome to RhizoMetRx

Agronomy didn’t begin in a lab—it started in the field, guided by instinct, observation, and a deep understanding of the land. But somewhere along the way, the art of agr