Characteristics of TM Agricultural

From the information and observations made to-date, TM Ag would appear to have the following characteristics:

• Increases microbial diversity and activity
• Promotes plant growth
• Promotes the root system
• Decreases the susceptibility to insect/pest attack
• Reduces the use of insecticides, pesticides and fungicides
• Helps to buffer and improve the efficiency of herbicides/insecticides/fungicide sprays
• Promotes N fixing leguminous nodules and probably freeliving N fixing bacteria
• Improves the efficiency of nutrient uptake
• Acts as a nutrient regulator - for example reducing high sodium levels
• Helps to neutralise acidic soils
• Acts as a soil conditioner - improves soil structure, porosity, colour and air capacity of the soil
• Promotes crop vigour and persistence
• Increases soil carbon
• Decreases water repellency (soil hydrophobicity)
• Reduces the susceptibility of crops and pastures to frost damage

Collectively, the above characteristics provide farmers and agricultural consultants with a powerful tool to significantly lift on-farm performance while at the same time decreasing the farm's environmental footprint, both in terms of reducing nutrient loss, greenhouse gas emissions and sequestering soil carbon.

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