New Microbes Help Crops Fix Their Own Nitrogen Monday Jan 4th, 2021 News Reporter It’s time for your Farm of the Future Report. I’m Tim Hammerich. Legumes like soybeans and pulses don’t require added nitrogen fertilizer because of the symbiotic relationship the plants have with beneficial microbes that fix nitrogen from the air. But imagine if we could give that same ability to other crops like corn and wheat? Pivot bio is using biotechnology to do just that. Here’s CEO Karsten Temme. Temme… “That's the mission we're on at Pivot is use the crop's own microbiome, the microbes in the soil, to supply nutrients, spoonfeed the plant on a daily basis, make better profits for a grower and protect our planet at the same time.”