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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....

Growers know that phosphorus is one of the most important mineral nutrients for plant production. As farming practices intensify, the need for additional nutrients in microbiologically challenged soils also increases. But do you know exactly how much phosphate...

Corn is a cornerstone crop in America. According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, farmers planted 91.7 million acres of corn in 2019, making it the largest crop in the country, followed (not closely) by soybeans. When you think of tools that farmers...

Did you know that 20% of new small businesses or start-ups fail in the first year, according to Forbes? About 30% more fail by the fifth year in business. And by year 10? Only one in three will still exist. So what makes TerraMax, an ag tech company that makes defined...

High-energy. Mentor. Team-player. These words fit perfectly with the image Joshua Doerr had of himself as a younger professional. But he could never have guessed he would one day be the national sales manager for an innovative agricultural technology company. “If...

Tom Proepper, the chief operating officer of TerraMax, sits at his desk, an enormous picture of an ear of corn looming behind him and dominating the light gray walls, dwarfing the image of the Huey helicopter on the adjacent calendar. An office phone rings nearby....

In 1990 scientist and entrepreneur Doug Kremer, then 35 years old, launched his first company. With a few patents under his belt and a business suit, Kremer was looking to break into the microbiology business world. It didn’t exactly work out. “Having a patent on...