I’ve noticed everybody and their uncle wanting to jump into the biologicals field lately. Our sector is exploding. With that, I’ve given some thought as to where I’d like to see this industry go. What I’d like to see happen is more of what we’ve already done as a company, which is developing a…
About Dan As CEO, Dan Custis oversees all company financial, marketing and sales operations, as well as new product development, Custis’ agricultural expertise is centered in the fungicide and insecticide seed treatment and legume inoculant markets. He has worked for and held various positions with national and multinational companies. Custis received his Bachelor of Science…
If we use a fungus as a beneficial biological seed treatment, how can it coexist and thrive when used in combination with other seed-applied fungicides? A fungicide should kill a fungus, right? Trichoderma is a soil-borne fungus and occurs naturally all over the world. As of 2015, at least 250 species had been identified…
Molly Cadle-Davidson, Chief Science Officer, ABM The study of the phytobiome with respect to biologicals is natural – it makes perfect sense. Since about 2000, ABM and a growing number of companies have been studying the microbiome. The phytobiome is the plant equivalent of the human microbiome. It includes the plant itself, the plant’s…
Molly Cadle-Davidson, Chief Science Officer, ABM1st The world is constantly changing, and these changes are not favorable to agriculture. We have a shrinking land base on which crops can be grown due to urbanization. As you’ve heard many times, we have an increasing population, which means more food is needed. And, we also have…
Advanced Biological Marketing (ABM) announced today that the research and development department of ABM has filed a patent on Focused Microbial Diversity™. Focused Microbial Diversity (FMD) is the technique employed by ABM to research and develop microbials that will be used in ABM products. “The Focused Microbial Diversity “platform” allows ABM to screen a wide…