​As long as there is carbon in the soil, microorganisms will be in large numbers.

A matter of fact, there are more microbes in a single teaspoon of Kansas soil than people on earth. So having these microbes active is critical because they have one purpose and that is to feed and multiply and in doing so they breakdown the organic material in the soil further which then enables the tiniest roots of vegetation to absorb those necessary nutrients so the plant/grass can grow.

Long term no-till soils have a significant higher level of microbes than soil that is tilled every year because it has more carbon for the microbes to feed upon. Without the abundance of carbon the microbes begin to starve and retreat into a dormant state.

Since one acre of pasture soil provides a Soil Organic Matter of nutrients in a value of $680: nitrogen $500, phosphorus $70, potassium $40, sulfur $50, carbon $20 when compared to getting the same via fertilizer. In simplest terms, an organic based pasture has tremendous economic value and the most effective way to increase that value is to add carbon and the microbes that convert it into nutrients that the pasture grasses can absorb and benefit from. 

​Bacteria is the first microbes to digest new organic material on the surface of the ground like hay. Bacteria can reproduce every 30 minutes and are made of about 30% nitrogen.​​

Fungus generally captures more energy from the organic material (hay) as they help decompose it so the living grasses can transport the nutrients up the root system of the plant/grass. Fungus lives longer than bacteria but are not as hardy and will decline with tillage.

Protozoa and nematodes consume other microbes. Protozoa can reproduce every 8 hours while nematodes reproduce every 3 days in the Spring and much slower as the temperature drops. As they both consume microbes they convert the nitrogen into ammonia and nitrites which grasses also need.

Cover crops supply food like glucose and proteins inside the carbon for the microbes to feed on. Winter cover crops also absorb nutrients from the soil and feed the microbes excess sugar to enable them to sustain during their dormant stage while a tilled field is exposed and doesn't have a cover crop to feed the microbes and therefore they are mostly destroyed.​

Our THICKER PASTURE will increase root volume and by as much as 300%. The greatly enlarged root system will also enable your grasses to endure drought 20% more effectively because of the deeper rooting and allow a greater volume of nutrients to be brought into the plant for maximum growth and health.