Dan Custis, Co-Founder and CEO at ABM. ABM is excited to be celebrating 20 years in business. Twenty-one years ago, before ABM even existed, I got my start working on selling hard chemistry: inoculates, fungicides, seed treatments, insecticides and more. I’d have to go into the seed plant, calibrate the treaters and machinery for…
Advanced Biological Marketing (ABM), headquartered out of Van Wert, OH is celebrating 20 years of serving the agricultural industry. The 20th year in business is a milestone to be celebrated due to the hard work and dedication of the founders and team members of ABM. Their commitment to the betterment of agriculture and continuous…
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…