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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