A new and innovative way to deliver and maintain microbial cultures in agriculture brings our patented, in house line of formulations and delivery methodology to western U.S. farming regions. Our customers are seeing increased crop yields and nutrient values, reduced irrigation demand, and greater flexibility in how and when chemical applications are managed. In addition, soil tilth and surface/subsurface water qualities are improving.
Last year successful agricultural testing returned on average an extra ton of alfalfa per acre per cutting on acreage in Nevada. Farr Ranch at Battle Mountain, Nevada, saved over US$20,000 in 2004 across 8 full circle pivots (about 1000 acres) because of reduced pivot operation. The additional biomass created by our microbial formulations opens the soil to hold water better at depths as far down as 12 to 24 inches. The microbes work to increase penetration and soil aggregate size, to opitmize water retention around the root zone.
Kenny Cade, Cougar Mountain Hay, Oregon, was elected the 'Dairy Hay" (premium alfalfa) champion by the Oregon State Alfalfa Growers in 2003 after using Hydrologix microbial formulations via our proprietary delivery methodology.
Another farmer treated his dairy lagoon with the microbes to keep the water from clogging (because of a surplus of cow dung). This water was pumped onto the corn sileage and resulted in 13 foot high crops, usually only 9 foot high.
Demand for the Hydrologix Microbial Blocks has risen 400% over the last year.

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Putting Microbes To Work in Your Soil
By Robert Carr, February 2004

What's 99.9% safe and extremely effective? Bacteria. Bacteria everywhere - in the air, water, our body, the soil. The Earth is very much alive with millions of unique microbial life forms including algae, fungi, and bacteria industriously working to survive, multiply and recycle organic components. Through reduction of waste they provide the basic components for cleaning and renewal.

We are focusing on bacteria and their contribution to the natural cycles of the soil. Pick up a handful of healthy soil and you should have more bacteria than the population of the earth. Even though bacteria are the smallest of the free-living microbes in the soil there may be 2,000+ pounds in the top foot of soil per acre.

Bacteria enhance the breakdown of organics when they come into contact with particulate matter in the presence of moisture, secreting their digestive juices (enzymes = a mix of organic acids) partially dissolving or liquefying the matter and then pulling this "food" through their outer body wall (cell membrane) for further decomposition and digestion internally (indo enzyme). In accomplishing this task of recycling organic matter, the bacteria replicate themselves utilizing their genetic code (RNA - DNA) by forming a protein nucleus and a polysaccharide membrane. They double in length with two identical nuclei and divide in a process known as binary fission - creating two individual bacteria cells. Utilizing the nutrient uptake for rejuvenation and species offspring, the bacteria grow exponentially: one becomes two, two becomes four, etc.

Providing the bacteria have sufficient organics, moisture (60-70%), proper pH (5.5-9.0) and temperature, this prolific reproduction can proceed every thirty minutes yielding large volumes of beneficial nutrients to the soil.

In this natural breakdown of organics, the enzymes secreted by the bacteria also react upon other soil constituents: minerals, rocks, and even the entrapped air molecules.

This results in the "fixing" of minerals and nutrients including nitrogen, calcium, phosphorus, iron, zinc, etc. - making them biologically charged for plant uptake. This is referred to as increasing the cation exchange capacity and effects the ability of the plant to extract the nutrients readily thereby decreasing stress and disease. The polysaccharides and protein based nucleus as by products of bacterial growth create a larger soil aggregate improving permeability and moisture retention. Since the vast majority of bacterial activity in the top 6-12 inches of soil is aerobic (using the oxygen) this permeability accelerates the organic breakdown and nutrient retention. Providing a natural carrier to move the bacteria to the root zone greatly improves the efficacy of the organisms to accomplish the transfer of nutrients by capillary action to the plant.

Specifically selected bacteria isolated from highly fertile soils exhibit optimum abilities to produce maximum enzymes, naturally exhibit adaptation to soil conditions and provide unique abilities to fix both atmospheric and synthetic (chemical nitrogen). These organisms are then isolated and custom fermented (laboratory grown) under aseptic conditions to provide a pure culture to stimulate the in situ (on-site) growth phase to augment the indigenous soil bacteria. When added to formulated soil amendments they can create benefits in chelated mineral update 200-300% and nitrogen utilization by 50-75%. These benefits result in:

Reduced fertilization application
Reduced crusting and cloding
Reduced water demand
Reduced residual chemical build-up
Increases root formation
Increases yield and quality
Increases taste and sugar content
Increases organic matter
Increases cation exchanges capacity
Increases compost breakdown nutrient retention
Reduces compost odors
In the case of nitrogen utilization this prevents the volatilization (gaseous escape) and the leaching run off and seepage into the water table.

Select naturally adapted cultures provide the ultimate organic advantage for 99.999% safe and effective - 99.999% non-pathogenic (non disease causing) microbial packed soil powerhouse! Put microbes to full-time work for you.
Bacteria and Soil 'Life'