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Testing bio fertilizers in Canada

Ralph Lett, head of product development at Acterra , was kind enough to share his microBIOMETER® experience with us. We love hearing the different ways our customers are using our soil test! Please contact us if you would like to be featured in our newsletter.

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Checking the nozzles on a high clearance sprayer.

"Thanks for taking an interest in how our company is using microBIOMETER®.

Acterra is a bio stimulant company. We work closely with our sales partner, Bio-Active. Together we capture and solubilize diesel emissions in a fusion tank and then add a beneficial consortium of facultative microbes . This is revolutionary as it allows the farmer to make his own biological fertilizers while he is seeding and/or harvesting.

microBIOMETER® is a handy tool for us to measure the microbial weight of our bio fertilizers when we come in off the fields to refill our tanks . The microbes in our fusion tank reproduce incredibly quickly, much faster than a regular brewing process. If the microbial populations grow too quickly things can get plugged up and can cause problems. This is where microBIOMETER® is incredibly useful. We use it to keep an eye on the populations in our tanks so that if over populations occur we can quickly drain the tank and start over .

We plan to continue working with microBIOMETER® in the future. Our hope is that one day farmers will be able to sit in their tractors and know exactly the microbial bio weight of their biological fertilizers while they are farming their fields.

Never stop innovating !" - Ralph Lett

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Watch the interview on YouTube

Why feeding soil microbes makes sense!

New video up on our YouTube channel. Dr. Judy Fitzpatrick sat down with Trevor Greenfield of Riomax.

Click here to watch!

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Quotes, research and articles.

Soil carbon is important to soil health because it enables microbial life.

Microbes are able to obtain carbon directly from plant exudates, however, much of their carbon source is from the dead plant and plant derived materials that they digest.

We harvest much of the above ground matter from crops, but plant roots, cover crops and various manures can provide additional sources of carbon and other nutrients for microbes. It is the soil organic carbon, the carbon originally derived from the living plant, animal and microbial sources, that predicts soil health. (Read more)

 
   
 
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