Green Country Worms is a small worm farm located in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Their main focus is producing high quality worm castings. They started vermicomposting in 2008 when they received their first pound of compost worms. 12 years later they still love composting with worms and are fascinated with the worm
Sítio Escola Portão Grande hosted students from the Mentoring and Language Acquisition Program (MLAB) for a full day immersion at the farm in Brazil which featured soil testing with microBIOMETER®. MLAB is a mentoring and language acquisition program for Harvard students and Brazilian high school students, with low income and high performance.
The graph pictured here from the USDA website depicts the ratio of fungi to bacteria as a characteristic of the type of system it is in. An excerpt from the article: “Grasslands and agricultural soils usually have bacterial-dominated food webs – that is, most biomass is in the form of
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal (AMF) are dependent on the plant for their food, therefore, they die when the plant dies. Lucky for us before they die they form spores that can live a long time in the soil. When we have looked at the soil from vineyards in winter it is
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are fungi that live inside and on the roots of most plants. The plant feeds the fungi and the fungi sends out its root- like hypha collecting water and nutrients such as phosphate, potassium and nitrate from the soil and transfers them to the plant.
You can now obtain fungal to bacterial ratio data with microBIOMETER®. Thinking of using AMF or other fungal amendments? Use microBIOMETER® to ensure your amendments are working
To help celebrate the release of Fantastic Fungi, we have some fantastic fungal news! Our eagerly anticipated Fungal to Bacterial Ratio test is officially here! Whether you currently own a microBIOMETER® or purchase a new test kit from us, you will automatically be granted access to this important data to further assist you
We are very excited to announce Version 3.0 of the microBIOMETER® App. This major update increases functionality, addresses customer feedback and improves the overall user experience.
Chiapeta Empresa Agrícola is a family agrobusiness in Rio Grande do Sul, a temperate climate. They have started using microBIOMETER® in their soil management and were excited to share their story. This 4th generation farm in Brazil grows corn and soybeans as well as raises cattle.
We receive this question often and the answer is NO. How do we know this? microBIOMETER® shows that soil removed from the earth and plants loses microbial biomass every day which we have confirmed with microscopic studies. The literature also confirms this.
Soil microbial biomass is an important parameter linking the plants to soil. It comprises about 2-3% of the total organic carbon. Microbial biomass is the living component of soil organic matter. Some of the responsibilities include energy and nutrient cycling and the regulation of organic matter transformation.
Our company has recenlty been awarded two amazing opportunities. The first is the CCMR (Cornell Center for Materials Research) JumpStart Program. This program is a semester-long project that utilizes Cornell University resources.