Growers spend large dollar amounts per acre to get a winning crop, but only seed into 2% of their soil, barely reaching the wealth of nutrients and water that lie deeper. Learn more about the life beneath the soils surface and the incredible benefits they offer your crops.
Join our Taurus experts and special guest Marc Béland, Senior Director, Premier Tech Agriculture, for a deeper conversation into mycorrhizae, rhizobium and how they work together to extend the reach of your roots to gain access to more water, more nutrients and increase soil and plant health.
What you will learn:
- Beneficial bacteria in the soil- what are they and what do they do
- Different species of Rhizobium
- Bacillus
- Nodulation influencers in the soil
- Most common fungi and what they do
- Getting more out of the soil we have
About Marc Béland:
Marc’s love for the outdoors and passion for nature led him down the path to soil biology. Earning his master’s degree in Biology from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, his thesis focused on the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in natural ecosystems.
He began working for Premier Tech in 1996 as a Project Manager for the new in-vitro mycorrhizal production technology program, spanning 6 years, he then moved on to product management and market development and sales. With the expanding inoculant market, Marc made the move to Saskatchewan in 2011 to help develop the Western Canadian market.
Today Marc finds himself back at the Premier Tech World Headquarters in Quebec, managing the development of the North American Premier Tech Agriculture business unit.
About Premier Tech:
As a proud Canadian company since 1923, Premier Tech is driven by a shared passion to deliver sustainable solutions bettering the lives of people, businesses and communities worldwide. With a strong manufacturing foothold in a total of 27 countries, and conducting sales in more than 100 countries all around the globe. Their AGTIV line of high quality mycorrhizae and rhizobium inoculants is the leader in the market, delivering more nutrients, water and superior crop quality and higher yields.
