Tidal Grow provides green farming options

March 13, 2025 | Kriss Nelson

A unique approach to crop protection and soil health is the foundation of a new agricultural product company.

Tidal Grow Agriscience shared information about their products and company with growers during their first visit to the Commodity Classic last week in Denver.

Trey Cutts, vice president of ag science for Tidal Grow AgriScience, says their product line features crop protection products, seed treatments and products for improving soil and plant health.

“At the core of our products is a unique, green, zero-waste way to produce chitosan, which is a biopolymer that can be used in several applications, but most notably crop protection,” he says.

Chitosan is nothing new to the ag space, but what makes Tidal Grow’s products unique is how the substance is used in their products.

“Our founders have created the only method in the world for producing it in a green, zero-waste way,” says Cutts. “This allows us to dedicate additional resources to bioengineering and molecular characterization of chitosan molecules that have targeted outcomes. We see chitosan, when taking a science-based approach, having an impact, whether it is on plant pathogen issues growers are facing or mitigating developing resistance with traditional chemistries and active ingredients. We are bringing another mode of action to the table.”

Cutts added these products are a biopolymer that is biodegradable and classified as a 25(b) safe-use pesticide by the EPA.

“The environmental fate of the product is essentially benign. With the pressure on growers to reduce synthetic chemistries, we are confident this is a way to do that without sacrificing the performance or efficacy against pests we know need effective control tools.”

Bringing products to on-farm trials

Tidal Grow is putting a focus on targeting white mold in soybeans by collaborating with Iowa Soybean Association Research Center for Farming Innovation on-farm trials this year.

“We are taking our technologies to the field, evaluating them on a grower scale, real-world environment,” says Cutts. “This research is critical to bringing the right agronomic recommendations to growers.”

Tidal Grow will be testing Tidal Grow Spectra, a foliar chitosan-based product.

“We have seen some strong results, but that work never stops,” says Cutts. “A big part of my role is to develop regional agronomic data and make sure we are working them into different programs suitable for growers. That is part of our initiative with the Iowa Soybean Association.”

More tools for a grower’s toolbox

Cutts says Tidal Grow is looking to solve challenges for growers that makes sense for them, but also for the ag industry.

“We are bringing another mode of action to the table that will have results and can be used in concert with existing synthetic chemistries,” he says. “It is at a level where it is going to bring reasonable ROI for the grower while enhancing efficacy. We are not asking them to switch their program. We see it as a synergistic approach to lowering the rate of traditional, synthetic chemistries.”

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