Technology — DuraTerra

The Platform

Layered by design, one purpose.

Cutaway render of a DuraTerra granule showing the crystalline mineral core inside its sealed outer coating.

01 · The Core

An organic, low-emission mineral granule

A stable, spreadable carrier suited to the farm and land management equipment growers already run. No cold chain.

Ambient stable: No refrigeration and no cold chain in the supply line
Spreadable: Handles like conventional granular fertiliser
Low emission: An organic mineral carrier, not a synthetic blend

Cutaway render of the coated granule, shown greatly enlarged.

Cutaway render of the granule's live microbial coating, with the four organism types labelled by function.

02 · The Consortium

Complementary live species, not a single strain

A coating of multiple microbial species selected to work together in the root zone, rather than one isolated strain working alone.

Four species: Each covering work the others cannot do alone
Live coating: Applied to the surface of every granule
Root-zone active: Establishes as a community around the growing root

Cutaway render of the microbial coating. Organisms shown greatly enlarged and not to relative scale.

Comparison of two delivery routes — surface or liquid application leaving microbes stranded above the root zone, against granule-carried delivery placing them at the root.

03 · The Delivery

Living biology placed in the root zone

Built to put live microbes where roots actually grow, using standard spreading equipment — not lost before they have a chance to work.

Placed at depth: Carried into the root zone on the granule itself
Standard equipment: No new machinery and no extra pass over the paddock
Survives the trip: Protected through storage, handling and spreading

Indicative schematic contrasting delivery routes. Illustrates the mechanism, not measured trial data.

How It Works

The mineral prepares the ground. The biology follows.

DuraTerra BioM is designed around a sequenced release: the mineral core begins conditioning the root zone first, then the microbial consortium establishes into soil that's already been prepared for it. The detailed release architecture is confidential, patent-pending IP — what follows is a diagrammatically modelled schematic of that mechanism, with the mineral response mechanistically derived from our 2023 trial data on substrate chemistry.

Why a Consortium

Biology works as a community, not a soloist.

Soil ecosystems function through interaction between many organisms, not the performance of a single species in isolation. DuraTerra's approach is to coat each granule with a consortium of complementary live microbes, designed to work together in the root environment — rather than relying on one strain to do every job.

Complementary function

Different microbial groups are selected for different roles in and around the root zone, rather than a single mode of action.

Built for real conditions

Designed with the variability of real paddock and field conditions in mind, not laboratory conditions alone — including acidic, nutrient-poor Australian broadacre soils.

Verification in progress trial data pending

Independent trial work is underway at a Western Australian site. That sits alongside a collective 25 years of substrate trial data supporting the safety and efficacy of the granule carrier. Formal results, efficacy data and third-party verification will be published here as they're completed and confirmed — we won't publish figures we can't stand behind.

Why the Carrier Matters

The granule is a delivery system, not just an input.

The mineral core does the first work. This organic, low-emission granule provides a stable base that is straightforward to store, handle and spread with existing equipment — while helping address soil acidity and aluminium toxicity common in Western Australian broadacre soils, and giving the microbial coating a practical way to reach the paddock, pasture or rehabilitation site.

Macro render of the DuraTerra BioM granule's crystalline mineral core

No cold chain

Stable at ambient temperature with an extended shelf life — no refrigeration or specialised storage required.

Low-emission, soil-carbon supportive

Chosen as part of an approach oriented toward reducing input emissions intensity and supporting soil organic carbon rebuilding over time.

Fits existing operations

Designed to be spread using the equipment and programs growers and land managers already run — no new machinery required.

An Emerging Value Stream

Carbon, built into the supply chain.

Supporting soil organic carbon is a natural extension of what DuraTerra BioM is designed to do. We're developing an approach to carbon insetting — verified carbon improvement that stays inside the agricultural supply chain, rather than being sold off as a separate offset — working toward recognised methodologies and third-party standards as that program matures.

program in development — methodology, verification pathway and commercial terms are still being finalised; we'll publish specifics once they're confirmed.

Why it matters

Growers and land managers increasingly need to demonstrate emissions performance across their supply chain. A carbon layer built on real soil-carbon improvement — rather than purchased offsets — keeps that value inside the farm business and the chain it supplies.

Wide cutaway render of the DuraTerra BioM granule

One granule.
A regenerative cascade begins.

Working with researchers and agronomists

We're building an evidence base through independent field trials and seeking further research partnerships, trial sites and technical review. If you're a soil scientist, microbiologist or agronomist, we'd like to talk.

Propose a Trial or Partnership →