Last week, Sound's Senior Field Development Manager, Shannon King-Miller, Ph.D., visited the Sound Lab to prepare, package and ship over 140 trial kits to partners assisting us with field development trials this season! Did you know that it takes almost two years from an initial idea for molecular actives to field trial completion? With any luck, these actives may show up in future Sound solutions to drive even greater farm ROI.
Sound Agriculture
农业
Berkeley，California 15,216 位关注者
We're empowering growers with bioinspired solutions that enrich soil and produce thriving crops with less fertilizer.
关于我们
Science-backed nutrient efficiency products increase access to vital macronutrients and micronutrients, leading to improved crop production with less fertilizer.
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https://www.sound.ag/
Sound Agriculture 的外部链接
- 所属行业
- 农业
- 规模
- 51-200 人
- 总部
- Berkeley，California
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- 私人持股
- 创立
- 2013
- 领域
- Agriculture、Food、Sustainability、Nitrogen Reduction、Farming、Food Production、Biotechnology、Agtech、Nutrient Efficiency和Fertilizer Replacement
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Sound Agriculture 员工
动态
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Congratulations to Larissa Rossini, Chance Remington, Rich Haynes and Adam Litle for celebrating another incredible year at Sound! Each of you plays a vital role in our mission, and your contributions have been felt across every part of the business. Thank you for choosing to be a part of the Sound Team — we're lucky to work alongside you and can't wait to see what you accomplish next. #Agriculture #AgTech #AgCareers #SoundAgriculture
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In Sound's most recent blog article, Agronomist Nathan Couillard discusses the benefits, challenges and considerations involving contour farming. While the primary benefits of contour farming are erosion reduction and improved water management, there are a variety of techniques available to growers today. Rather than viewing contour farming as an all-or-nothing approach, Nate says it can be considered part of a continuum of soil conservation practices. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gjxAvjFf
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Happy #NationalAgDay! Agriculture is more than just an industry — it’s a way of life and here at Sound, we're honored to work alongside Dealers and Growers across the country to help farms thrive for generations to come. Thank you to the farmers who put in the hard work and dedication, season after season! #ThankAFarmer
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We love hearing stories like this, thanks for sharing Adam Kuznia!
?? What happens when a farmer sprays a nutrient unlocker late in the season—when it’s “too late” to impact yield? ?? A late-night phone call with a whispering grower answered that question. In July 2024, my buddy Mitch was spraying fungicide on his pinto beans when I handed him a partial jug of Source. “Spray 20 ounces on this field and 20 on another,” I said. I didn’t expect much—it was late in the season, moisture was running out, and dry beans finish fast. ?? Then came August rain—too late to save the crop. I figured Mitch had already written Source off as another “snake oil” pitch. Then came that late-night September call. ?? “Those 20 acres with Source on my pintos…” ?? “Yeah?” ?? “300 pounds per acre better than untreated.” ?? Holy. Shit. Then another farmer—just 10 miles south—reported the same results. ?? 300 pounds per acre better. ?? At 30 cents per pound, that’s $75 per acre MORE—AFTER paying for Source. Why such a dramatic response? Dry beans took the worst drought stress last year. They needed help the most. This is what I keep telling people—Source doesn’t just work. It works when everything else fails. ?? 2025 is shaping up to be a stress test for all of us. The real question is: Are we setting our crops up to handle it? Would love to hear from others—what’s been your experience with nutrient unlockers and plant stress mitigation? #NutrientUnlockers #Farming #Agriculture #PlantHealth #CropYield #FertilizerEfficiency
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Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) are vital for row crops, but synthetic fertilizers and modern practices often deplete AMF in conventional soils. Restoring healthy AMF populations can increase nutrient efficiency, promote resilience and improve yields. Enter BLUEPRINT. When paired with SOURCE, the AMF supplied by BLUEPRINT is supercharged, enabling them to boost nutrient and water uptake throughout the season. This powerful combination ensures crops thrive during critical growth stages, maximizing yield and resilience. If you're interested in using BLUEPRINT this year — act soon. Due to popularity and demand we will likely sell out of BLUEPRINT this season. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/grGtSFSD
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This month we're celebrating our recent values champion, Alison Earlley! Alison has been with Sound for just under 3 years and serves as our Regional Sales Manager for Western Nebraska, helping educate our Growers and Dealers on soil microbiology and sustainable nutrient solutions. We asked Alison: ?? Which of Sound’s core values resonates with you? The value I resonate most with is ownership.?Growing up in agriculture, I have a strong connection to farming, ranching, and the people that steward the land for future generations.?I am fully committed to owning my relationships and doing the right thing in the region I manage for Sound.?The customers I work with are also my friends and neighbors, so I own every relationship I have and represent Sound's products with honesty and a commitment to help leave our land and it's resources better than we received them. ?? If you were a plant, what plant would you be? I grew up farming next to my Dad on a certified seed wheat farm in southwest Nebraska, so the plant I would be is hard red winter wheat.?It withstands droughts, winter kill, hail, and diseases.?It's tough, tenacious and hardy and reminds me of both my Dad and Mom to this day and the qualities they instilled in me growing up.?They never gave up and turned their resilience into greatness, like the homemade breads my mom used to make from our home grown hard red winter wheat. ?? What do you enjoy most about working at Sound? Being on the cusp of bringing positive sustainable change to agriculture.?Having the opportunity to educate Growers and Dealers and help them embrace and understand soil microbiology and how we at Sound can partner with them to grow and elevate farm practices. Growing healthier foods and improving our land and water quality inspires my work here. I believe in the Ancient Indian Proverb that says: "We do not inherit the land from our ancestors...We borrow it from our children." Thank you for your many contributions to Sound, Alison! We're lucky to have you on the team. #Agriculture #AgTech #AgCareers #SoundAgriculture
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The results are in! ?? Whether you’re looking to push yield potential, reduce inputs, or improve nutrient efficiency, Sound's 2024 season data highlights how SOURCE and BLUEPRINT drive consistent agronomic and economic returns. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/g-jnzFw5
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Congratulations to the entire Decibel Bio team on the Series A funding, and we're so excited to follow along and see what you accomplish next!
Congrats to Decibel Bio and on their $12M Series A led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Future Ventures, Leaps by Bayer and Syngenta Group Ventures! Here's the press release (https://lnkd.in/gn_guZHB), and great spread in Fast Company as well (lnkd.in/g3pbSNty). Proud to see this top notch team and technology spun out of Sound Agriculture after building the epigenetics platform for the last several years. The additional investment allows Decibel to further accelerate while Sound focuses on becoming the leading biobased crop nutrition company. Part of the rationale was that Travis Bayer and team found a new way to get nucleic acids in the plant via a foliar spray and seed treatment, which enables entirely new and exciting business models for epigenetics. With this there is an even bigger upside than we typically envisioned for pre-plant or in-season treatment for any hybrid to improve drought resistance, increasing crop protection tolerance, yield drag from abiotic stress, etc. All via working within the seed's inherent biology in a non-GMO way. Very excited to see where Decibel takes this and thankful for the work we all did together to get it off the ground!!