Broccoli
+21.1%
Boxes per acre
vs.
PCA partners
The TrueBiome System works with PCAs and crop advisers to evaluate crop-specific biological programs under real production conditions — with defined treatments, measurable comparisons and field support from planning through review.
Designed to work with the grower's existing crop program, not replace it.
Growers are being presented with more agricultural biologicals and biostimulants than ever. The challenge is not simply deciding whether biology has value. It is determining which biology fits the crop, where it belongs in the production program, how it should be evaluated and whether the result is meaningful.
Establish a clear TrueBiome treatment and grower-standard comparison before the evaluation begins.
The program can account for the crop, production system, root-zone conditions and timing rather than treating every field the same.
Define what will actually be evaluated — yield, plant development, root characteristics or another appropriate production measure.
The TrueBiome System is intended to integrate with the existing crop program rather than requiring the grower or PCA to replace the rest of the production system.
The PCA often has the clearest understanding of the grower's current program, field history, production constraints and performance objectives. That perspective should be part of how a biological field evaluation is designed and interpreted.
Crop history, production practices, constraints and grower priorities.
Crop-specific biology, formulation and program recommendations.
Define the comparison, observe the crop and review the results against the original objective.
The TrueBiome approach considers multiple scientifically selected organisms with different and complementary functions as part of a crop-specific biological program for the root zone.
Multiple organisms and functions, selected intentionally rather than simply added for organism count.
Programs can vary according to the crop, production system and root-zone environment.
Biology, formulation, components and timing are considered as parts of the program rather than isolated decisions.
The objective is to evaluate performance under actual production conditions and build evidence crop by crop and field by field.
Field evaluation
01
What does the grower and PCA want to evaluate?
02
Understand the crop, current practices, field conditions and production system.
03
Establish the TrueBiome treatment, grower-standard comparison, application plan and measurements.
04
Implement the agreed program with technical support as needed.
05
Compare the measured outcomes and determine whether the program warrants additional evaluation or broader use.
Field evidence
+21.1%
Boxes per acre
vs.
+16.3%
Boxes per acre
vs.
vs.
Initial fruit per plant
+22%
Average fruit weight
Results are trial-specific and may vary by crop, field and production conditions.
Technical communication should remain grounded in current product labels, published field results and the documented scope of each evaluation.
Working with TrueBiome does not require a PCA to abandon existing crop programs, product relationships or independent recommendations. The objective is to give the grower and adviser a structured way to evaluate whether a TrueBiome program adds value under their own conditions.
Bring us the crop, the field question and the current production program. We can determine together whether a TrueBiome field evaluation makes sense and how it should be structured.
For PCAs, CCAs, crop consultants and independent advisers.