RhizoMetRx
RhizoMetRx is where dirt meets data. Agronomist Faith breaks down the chemical, physical, and biological factors driving crop performance—going beyond outdated checklists to deliver real, actionable agronomy. If you’re ready to understand the hidden half of the plant, improve profitability from the root up, and rethink soil fertility, this podcast is for you.
RhizoMetRx
Latest Episodes
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 conversation about farming, resilience, and the many ways women contribute to agricu...
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 what she’s seeing in the fields across Northern Illinois, Southern Wiscons...
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, founder of Grounded Journals) join Sean Nettleton (hos...
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 build arbitrary PPM levels. With fertilizer prices climbing and m...
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 markets of 2026. While the industry buzzes with new biologicals and tech, t...