A MASTER DISTRIBUTOR OF BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS
fertilizers • soil amendments and inoculants • adjuvants • crop protection
For 15 years, Andaman Ag Corporation has promoted farming practices that support the growth of healthy soils. Our purpose has been to complement nature through our recommended practices and product applications. As a master distributor of biological products — including fertilizers, soil amendments and inoculants, adjuvants, and crop protection — we can provide our clients with a comprehensive crop program based on their needs, issues, and objectives.
Our slogan, “From the Ground Up,” captures our commitment to achieving more robust crops, greater yields, and improved quality through improved soils. Fueled by new scientific discoveries coupled with old-fashion common sense, the new agriculture is focused on the soil.
The two key elements of our new understanding of the science of agriculture are:
- Soil is much more than just dirt
- Plants do much more than passively absorb whatever sunlight, water and minerals, nature and growers can give them
For the past decade, I have been writing about the news in agricultural science and ag product development in a newsletter distributed to growers and others in the industry. I recently wrote a book called “From the Ground Up,” that’s a collection of those newsletters. You can get it from Amazon or the Acres USA Bookstore.
Latest News
Supporting Plant Adaptation
It’s important to think about plants as being incredibly adroit at adapting to changing conditions and consider how we can best support them as they try to function efficiently.
Helping Plants Sequester Carbon
The definition of regenerative agricultural practices is evolving. In the beginning, my definition was simple: engage in agricultural practices that work to maximize carbon sequestration in your soils and do it in a manner that minimizes your carbon footprint. Recently, I read a definition of regenerative agriculture as a “toolkit of principles/practices to restore and preserve biodiversity and soil health by creating a functional ecosystem that reduces external inputs while producing nourishing farm products.” This definition begins to consider how carbon is cycling through the system, emphasizing supporting microbial activity and nutrient cycling. All good in my thinking, but how do we get there?
Honey, I Charged the Bees!
Bees and flowering plants have a long-standing and remarkable co-evolutionary history. Flowers and bees evolved traits that enable pollination, a process that is as important to plants as it is for pollinating insects. Bee–flower interactions rely on senses such as vision, olfaction, humidity sensing, and touch. Recently, another sensory channel has been added to the list, with the detection of a weak electrostatic field that arises between a flower and a bee.