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Microbes play a huge role when it comes to biological crop protections and plant health. But in many products, these microbes play alone, which is not what nature intended.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Microbes don\u2019t live as isolated entities, but instead interact with one another, says Dr. Keri Carstens, president and CEO of US-based Jord Bioscience<\/a>. And certain microbial combinations can enhance beneficial bacteria in the soil to stimulate plant health and protect against pests and disease.<\/span><\/p>\n

The company is bringing more of these interactions to the crop biologicals space via customizable microbial solutions that can promote specific modes of action for major crops such as soybeans, canola and wheat.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jord is currently conducting field trials and this month also closed a $7 million Series B round, which will put the company further along its path to commercialization.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Microbial symphony<\/b><\/p>\n

Jord Bioscience was founded in 2019, but the company\u2019s origins go back to the 1990s<\/a> and University of Minnesota\u2019s Dr. Laura Kinkle\u2019s work in microbial ecology and how it benefits plants for crop protection.<\/span><\/p>\n

Specifically, her work focuses on how microbes interact and how that interaction can be leveraged to improve plant health, says Carstens.<\/span><\/p>\n

She likens these combinations of microbes to an orchestra, where one distinct microbe acts as the conductor that tells the others when to \u201cplay\u201d louder, softer, slower or faster.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jord\u2019s offerings include a \u201cvast and unique\u201d collection of more than 6,500 microbes as well as biological product strategy expertise it provides to other companies.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf a company has an existing product, it\u2019s typically a single-strain microbe that has the ability to do some great things,\u201d says Carstens. \u201cSometimes it does all of those great things. The majority of the time it does some of those good things, and then sometimes it\u2019s not doing any, probably because [the microbe] is a living thing that\u2019s looking for its partner.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Companies can work with Jord to select the exact microbes from the collection that enhance performance or promote new outcomes when combined with their own products, or develop an entirely new biological offering driven by the Jord collection and playbook.<\/span><\/p>\n

The company claims it can fast-track novel product development, knocking the timeline down from years to around 10 months \u2014 no small feat in an industry where <\/span>seven years<\/span><\/a> is the going average.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Image credit: Jord Bioscience<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Farmers deserve better tools<\/b><\/p>\n

Jord also offers what it calls its \u201cbiology playbook\u201d for crop protections.<\/span><\/p>\n

Up to now, the industry has essentially taken a chemistry playbook and tried to apply it to biological products, says Carstens.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s not wrong, but it\u2019s definitely not optimized for living things.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Jord\u2019s Biological Playbook, she adds, leverages the unique interactions between microbes, which leads to improved crop productivity and consistency in performance across various environments. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBy understanding and then leveraging the dynamics of living biologicals and how they respond to unique environments, Jord helps agribusiness partners transform their product portfolios by starting with the end in mind and optimizing how biologicals work.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Farmers, she says, deserve better-performing tools to help them combat the challenges that just keep coming: climate pattern changes, new diseases and pests, growing pest resistance to existing crop protections, and regulatory challenges for synthetic chemistry.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the greatest problems for the industry right now is that these biologicals need to perform consistently for farmers to want to use them,\u201d says Carstens. Only then, she adds, will the industry see the uptick in adoption it has long desired.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This goes for regenerative and conventional farming, since at the end of the day it\u2019s about providing better solutions to farmers, she says.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Towards commercialization<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cJord BioScience stands out by offering a fast and cost-effective approach to product differentiation, life cycle management, and revenue generation for agricultural companies,\u201d noted Francis Goelet, director at VC firm Silver Blue, which led the Series B round for Jord.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Discovery Capital Funding, a matching equity investment program for University of Minnesota, Minnesota\u2019s Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) Direct Investment, and existing investors also participated in the round.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jord is currently doing field trials with partners and the funding raise will go towards product development and commercialization goals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Carstens says the new capital will \u201cfund and expedite our later-stage product development, specifically with the partners we have and as we\u2019re progressing towards commercialization.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Microbes play a huge role when it comes to biological crop protections and plant health. But in many products, these microbes play alone, which is not what nature intended.\u00a0 Microbes don\u2019t live as isolated entities, but instead interact with one another, says Dr. Keri Carstens, president and CEO of US-based Jord Bioscience. 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