Soil that looks healthy on the surface can be severely degraded at the microbial level—and that is something chemical fertilizers cannot fix. Many commercial growers report applying more chemical fertilizers every single year, yet their yields continue to decline. The problem doesn't lie in the quantity of the fertilizer; it lies in the soil, which has lost its biological capacity to absorb and transfer nutrients to the crop. Signs Your Field's Soil is Degrading Soil degradat