TERRAMAX NEWS

Do soybeans need an inoculant? Yes, soybeans generally benefit from an inoculant, especially in fields where soybeans haven’t been grown recently or where soil conditions are poor.  Soybeans form a symbiotic relationship with Bradyrhizobium japonicum, a...

What is carbon capture? Much like water and nitrogen, carbon has a cycle. Carbon atoms travel from the atmosphere into the Earth and eventually back into the atmosphere. Left to nature's own devices, this cycle regulates itself. However, humans have released enormous...

When you walk into TerraMax’s laboratory, bright lights illuminate two large rooms. In one room, the wet room, lab staff prepare reagents and growth media. Cabinets store chemical reagents in carefully organized containers. TerraMax director of research Molly Tillman...

Soil health and tilth “Dirt,” one soil science professor used to tell their new classes of science undergrads, “is just bits of soil out of place. Soil is much more than what’s on your shoes and what you can see.” Soil does not equal dirt. Soil teems with diverse...

Why do we eat a balanced diet? Humans need to eat a varied diet from each food group to get a range of essential nutrients for overall good health. Maybe you're somebody who tracks your intake of macronutrients, or nutrients that we need in large quantities, for...

It moves through living and nonliving things, permeating the atmosphere, water, soil, plants, animals and microscopic beings. It is odorless, colorless and tasteless. Like water, it has a repeating cycle upon which life depends. What is it? Nitrogen, of course! OK,...

In ag-tech company TerraMax’s research lab, there is one prevailing question: How can you keep microbes alive to do their job and benefit farmers? In the past, microbes in inoculants didn’t survive longer than a few months. CEO and scientist Doug Kremer, who has...

In the 1970s, a young scientist at the University of Minnesota was studying soils. Doug Kremer, now the CEO of TerraMax, an ag-tech company that produces defined microbial inoculants, remembers this time distinctly. “Our textbook was ‘The Nature and Properties of...

For the past 23 years, TerraMax has excelled at what they do best: using science to craft defined microbial products that provide nutritional aid to plants and improve soil health. If you’re not familiar with TerraMax’s science, you can read about their process here....