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Crop Nutrition Just Got Its Truth Serum

For decades, farmers and agronomists have relied on visual cues, delayed lab tests, and educated guesses to manage crop nutrition. The problem? Crops don’t wait. In this episode of Soil Talks™, we sit down with Xavier Hébert-Couturier, CEO & Founder of Picketta Systems, to unpack the technology that’s ending guesswork in the field. Picketta’s handheld AI-powered lens reads plant nutrient status in real time using light, chemometrics, and machine learning to reveal what the human eye can’t see. We discuss: Why visual scouting fails more often than we admit How real-time tissue analysis changes agronomy decisions The hidden gap between soil tests and actual plant uptake Why faster answers matter more than more data How precision diagnostics reduce fertilizer waste, emissions, and cost What this means for regenerative and biological systems This conversation isn’t about technology hype. It’s about ending uncertainty and replacing it with clarity at the moment decisions matter most. 🎧 Listen on YouTube Podcasts, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts 🌱 Learn more about Picketta Systems: https://picketta.com If you’re an agronomist, grower, crop consultant, or ag retailer this episode will change how you think about crop nutrition. 00:00 – Guessing Is Over: Why Crop Decisions Fail 01:45 – The “Lie Detector” for Plant Health 04:10 – Why Waiting on Lab Tests Costs Yield 07:30 – From Software Engineer to Field Diagnostics 11:15 – How AI Sees What the Eye Can’t 15:50 – Real-Time Nutrient Detection Explained 20:10 – Soil Tests vs Plant Uptake (The Missing Link) 24:45 – Biological Systems & Nutrient Availability 29:30 – Why Yellow Leaves Aren’t Always Nitrogen 34:10 – Ending Overapplication & Fertilizer Waste 38:20 – How This Changes Agronomy Workflows 42:55 – Trust, Data, and Farmer Decision-Making 47:30 – Precision Ag Meets Regenerative Systems 52:10 – Why Most Ag Tech Startups Fail 56:40 – The Future of Automated Agronomy 01:01:30 – Where This Technology Is Headed Next 01:03:00 – Final Takeaways: Certainty Beats Guessing #soilhealth #farming #PrecisionAgriculture #AgTech #CropNutrition #RegenerativeAgriculture #PlantHealth #SoilTalks #BiologicalFarming