Top Producer Podcast recently sat with RhizeBio cofounder Doug Toal to discuss the wonders of soil microbiology and how his company is helping farmers unlock the soil profiles’ full potential. Toal also gives listeners a glimpse inside his background and his journey thus far as an ag entrepreneur in the soil health product space.
Toal has a PhD in microbiology from the University of Oklahoma. His focus was to gain a greater understanding of how microorganisms in the soil communicate and benefit each other.
“The most important asset the farmer has is the soil,” Toal says. “And I believe there are a lot of advancements that can be made in farming our soil. In the future, in addition to fertility data, theres going to be other information that farmers can derive from testing and then making changes to foster that asset in a way that helps them grow crops that produce better yield, and to put more money in their pockets.”
In his spare time, Toal, a former college swimmer, still gets his laps in at the local pool. He and his wife have raised four adult children.
RhizeBio, a startup based in North Carolina, provides recommendations to farmers that help them quantify and improve the biological potential of the soil on their farms over the long term. The group measures success by how tangibly it can improve soil health and performance for farmers, across a variety of crops.
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