Mike Tweedy
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It's very nascent in the seed industry. So I don't know that there's been a lot of work on varietal selection for red crown rot.
Well, really being able to build that crop plan and roll everything basically 360 degrees of what is happening in the soil, that is the ultimate power of being able to make fundamental change in agriculture. We often get asked, well, why did you start with corn and soybeans? Why didn't you start in specialty crops where you could have made a lot more money?
Well, really being able to build that crop plan and roll everything basically 360 degrees of what is happening in the soil, that is the ultimate power of being able to make fundamental change in agriculture. We often get asked, well, why did you start with corn and soybeans? Why didn't you start in specialty crops where you could have made a lot more money?
Well, really being able to build that crop plan and roll everything basically 360 degrees of what is happening in the soil, that is the ultimate power of being able to make fundamental change in agriculture. We often get asked, well, why did you start with corn and soybeans? Why didn't you start in specialty crops where you could have made a lot more money?
If you're going to fundamentally make a radical change to the benefit of the grower, it has to be in production agriculture. It has to be in corn and soybeans. It has to be in the United States. And so that's where we wanted to have the biggest impact, and that's where we're focused on. And so you ask us where we're going? I didn't know that we would be here three years ago where we are today.
If you're going to fundamentally make a radical change to the benefit of the grower, it has to be in production agriculture. It has to be in corn and soybeans. It has to be in the United States. And so that's where we wanted to have the biggest impact, and that's where we're focused on. And so you ask us where we're going? I didn't know that we would be here three years ago where we are today.
If you're going to fundamentally make a radical change to the benefit of the grower, it has to be in production agriculture. It has to be in corn and soybeans. It has to be in the United States. And so that's where we wanted to have the biggest impact, and that's where we're focused on. And so you ask us where we're going? I didn't know that we would be here three years ago where we are today.
But we've got this machine, this flywheel effect now between the synergies of the earth optics and pattern in looking at chemistry, biology, and the physical attributes of the soil. Who knows where we'll be in a year or two.
But we've got this machine, this flywheel effect now between the synergies of the earth optics and pattern in looking at chemistry, biology, and the physical attributes of the soil. Who knows where we'll be in a year or two.
But we've got this machine, this flywheel effect now between the synergies of the earth optics and pattern in looking at chemistry, biology, and the physical attributes of the soil. Who knows where we'll be in a year or two.
No, our product is agnostic to what crop is going to get planted. So when you get the results back, you're going to tell us, I'm going to plant corn and you're going to press the corn button. Okay.
No, our product is agnostic to what crop is going to get planted. So when you get the results back, you're going to tell us, I'm going to plant corn and you're going to press the corn button. Okay.
No, our product is agnostic to what crop is going to get planted. So when you get the results back, you're going to tell us, I'm going to plant corn and you're going to press the corn button. Okay.
You're just, you're doing it all. So we pick up everything in the soil. So there's about 10,000 different species. There's about 500 billion microbes. And it all goes up into the cloud. And we have DNA sequence the things that we're looking for. So we specifically find those things in there. And then we build that into what ends up becoming the crop plant.
You're just, you're doing it all. So we pick up everything in the soil. So there's about 10,000 different species. There's about 500 billion microbes. And it all goes up into the cloud. And we have DNA sequence the things that we're looking for. So we specifically find those things in there. And then we build that into what ends up becoming the crop plant.
You're just, you're doing it all. So we pick up everything in the soil. So there's about 10,000 different species. There's about 500 billion microbes. And it all goes up into the cloud. And we have DNA sequence the things that we're looking for. So we specifically find those things in there. And then we build that into what ends up becoming the crop plant.
Oh, yeah, dark matter. Dark matter. Okay, so here's how much we don't know about the soil. It is the most complex microbiome on Earth. We, as I said, we pick up everything, all of the biology in the soil. About 70% of what we sequence is considered to be dark matter. which means that it has not been identified. So 70% of all the DNA that's in the soil out there has not even been identified yet.
Oh, yeah, dark matter. Dark matter. Okay, so here's how much we don't know about the soil. It is the most complex microbiome on Earth. We, as I said, we pick up everything, all of the biology in the soil. About 70% of what we sequence is considered to be dark matter. which means that it has not been identified. So 70% of all the DNA that's in the soil out there has not even been identified yet.
Oh, yeah, dark matter. Dark matter. Okay, so here's how much we don't know about the soil. It is the most complex microbiome on Earth. We, as I said, we pick up everything, all of the biology in the soil. About 70% of what we sequence is considered to be dark matter. which means that it has not been identified. So 70% of all the DNA that's in the soil out there has not even been identified yet.
So who's identifying it? Are you guys helping with that? Yeah, we've got people on staff that are really mining that dark matter so that we can then begin to discover additional things because there's a lot of things that happen between species, you know? So let's say you have very high levels, good levels of trichoderma and mycorrhizal fungi.