With the biologicals market growing and resilience now a non-negotiable on every farm, agribusinesses face a defining moment. Growers are demanding solutions that deliver field-proven returns, regulators are raising the bar, and market competition is fierce. For seed leaders aiming to earn the trust of tomorrow’s farmer, the current product development process just isn’t enough.
That’s why at Jord BioScience, our expertise in the microbiome helps the industry leap forward—faster, smarter, and with greater confidence. Our proprietary screening and selection process creates winning combinations that consistently produce superior performance across geographies, seasons, and tough real-world conditions. Jord’s multi-year, multi-state field trials prove the inherent power of partner microbes to lift yields 11-25%, with solutions beating standard biologicals and chemicals more than 80% of the time—even when the weather throws a curveball. Jord BioScience uses these insights to create superior products for our partners that outcompete the leading commercial products.
Agriculture is at a defining moment. If you’re not part of it yet, here’s how you can ensure you aren’t left behind:
1. Create a winning team: The lack of consistency of single strain microbial inoculants is a broad concern among growers, while multi-strain microbial inoculants can provide significant opportunity for conflict. Jord creates bespoke microbial combinations in which the individual strains work together, providing protection and support for mutual colonization, persistence, and functional performance. Jord’s highly curated microbial library was built over 30 years of purposeful bioprospecting to find the microbes optimized for existence in partnerships. These powerhouse strains collaborate, communicate, and succeed with consistency. Through our rigorous proprietary screening, we rapidly select for the best strains to unlock the full potential of microbial inoculants at scale.
2. Prioritize Consistency and Scale,: We are working with leading companies to deliver scalable, effective biofertilizers and biopesticides—backed by robust, multi-location field data at Jord, outperforming yields of existing industry biologicals and combined biological-chemical inputs at win rates over 80% show that biologicals can both deliver more and provide growers with the confidence and ROI to accelerate adoption.
3. Lead with Transparency and Data:
Through results, collaboration, and openness, I believe our industry can accelerate the best ideas—biological or chemical—from petri dish to planter faster than ever. Importantly, innovation thrives best when the rules of the game are clear. That’s why regulatory clarity isn’t just a policy issue, it’s the backbone of our ability to deliver better outcomes for both growers and the environment. I’m tremendously grateful to serve on ASTA’s Board and to witness the unmatched work ASTA does—informing, educating, and advocating for science-driven, practical regulations that move our industry forward.
Looking ahead, I see enormous potential—not just for products, but for partnerships. ASTA’s unwavering commitment to collaboration means regulators, innovators, and farmers are working from the same playbook. It’s what sets our industry apart, and it’s how we’ll continue to deliver new tools, whether biological, chemical, or a combination of both from lab to farmgate.
