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We market Chandler crop and livestock products that enhance biological performance and improve yields. We also operate a soil health lab.

Erie, IL
Joined February 2019
Scott Tess shares how #compost topdressing improved the turfgrass performance of the @CityofUrbana’s City Building during #MGGWeek’s March 24th webinar. Register at bit.ly/MGGsoilhealth21
Demonstrating Solvita IRTH at the Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association convention in Peoria.
Solvita IRTH at the Quad City Farm Show in Rock Island, IL measuring microbial decay activity #soilhealth
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The microbes decaying this ear are working very hard -- Solvita IRTH shows over 12,000 ppm CO2. Mold on the kernels shows they are decaying and not germinating.
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Day 2 of the Peoria show -- another good crowd
Displaying the new Solvita IRTH sensor at the Peoria Farm Show. The jar contains a decaying ear of corn, and the initial CO2 level is quite good.
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These radishes were sown just before Labor Day, and I dug them out last week. Pretty impressive growth for a relatively cool and wet fall.
We are at the Hawkeye Farm Show at Cedar Falls, IA this week. Midwest Bio-Tech has been at this show every year for 32 years.
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Cover crop mix under snow in December. Not much foliage above ground due to late seeding, but there is 4-5 inches of thick root growth below.
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