On February 19, 2026, I took part in a panel discussion at the Profitable Field conference in Kyiv.
I was asked about crop residues. Another question was addressed to all the participants: Is soil biology a practical tool or just marketing?
There was not much time for discussion. This time, I listened more than I spoke. And once again, I found myself thinking that the regenerative approach no longer sounds like a separate position that must constantly be explained or defended. It is gradually becoming part of a broader professional conversation about soil, profitability, risk, and moisture.
In the presentations by Leonid Tsentilo, Andriy Shchedrinov, Pavlo Kotliar, Mykola Bykov, and Mykola Kosolap, the need to preserve and restore soil was discussed without unnecessary grandstanding. Calmly and professionally, in terms of soil health, moisture retention, and systems thinking.
It was good to meet again with people we had worked alongside only recently at ReAgro. When you meet at a different venue and continue discussing the same issues, you realize that this is no longer a one-off event. It is an ongoing process.
After the panel discussion, I returned to a few simple ideas.
Crop residues are a resource we have already grown.
Soil biology begins, first and foremost, with the conditions we create in the field.
And stability is sometimes more important than impressive figures from a single year.
The conversation continues.