What soil secrets does

SoilSecrets Bio is a privately held molecular soil health science company founded in 1983 by Michael Martin Meléndrez and headquartered in Los Lunas, New Mexico. The company develops and sells a three-tier biological soil restoration protocol — Prebiotics, Probiotics, and Postbiotics — built around its proprietary TerraPro™ carbon compound, described as bioidentical supramolecular carbon molecules that mirror what naturally fertile soil contains. Its product portfolio spans eight branded SKUs across the three categories (BioTerraPro™, TerraPro Ag™, Liquid TerraPro™, BioEndos 175™, EndoMaxima 6400™, MycoMaxima P5™, Protein Crumbles®, SupraPlex™), used in sequence to first correct soil chemistry, then introduce beneficial fungi and bacteria, and finally feed the microbial food web.

The company serves growers and land managers across multiple verticals, with agriculture (row crops, vineyards, cotton) as the primary segment, alongside mine reclamation, desertification reversal, soil decontamination, desalinization, turf management, and USDA NOP-compliant organic programs. Distribution is conducted via direct enterprise field sales, with field validation claims of 14–200% yield increases depending on crop, soil, and climate — including a 59% yield uplift with 50%+ reduced water use at a Baja vineyard and a 200% yield uplift under drought at a West Texas cotton operation where the untreated control failed. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; treatment protocols are negotiated directly with buyers.

Operationally, the company appears to be a small, founder-controlled enterprise with no disclosed funding rounds, no parent entity, no headcount figure, and no disclosed revenue. Marketing is limited to a single owned website (soilsecretsbio.com) emphasizing scientific credibility and empirical field results rather than paid acquisition channels. The company has operated for over four decades without public capital markets activity, suggesting a low-burn, organically grown operating model.

Name

soil secrets

Legal name

SoilSecrets Bio

Website

https://soilsecrets.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Short description

SoilSecrets Bio is a privately held molecular soil health science company that sells a three-step Prebiotic/Probiotic/Postbiotic soil restoration system — anchored by its proprietary TerraPro™ carbon compound — to growers and land managers across agriculture, mine reclamation, desertification reversal, and turf management, distributed via direct enterprise field sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Soil Amendments and Biofertilizers

NAICS

Fertilizer and Compost Manufacturing (32531), Fertilizer (Mixing Only) Manufacturing (325314)

SIC

Agricultural Chemicals (2870)

akta.pro primary industry

Soil Health Activators & Biostimulants (Humates, Amino Acids, Seaweed Extracts) (AFABAKAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Microbial/Enzymatic Soil Conditioners (Decomposer & Soil Health Consortia) (AFABADAK), Biostimulant-Enhanced Fertilizers (Humic/Fulvic, Amino Acids, Seaweed Blends) (AFABACAK), Soil Amendments & Conditioners (Lime/Gypsum/Humates) (IMAEAEAH)

Keywords

• Soil conditioners
• Biofertilizers
• Microbial inoculants
• Humic acid products
• Soil health science

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Lunas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Soil Secrets Bio develops and sells a three-part molecular soil health product system — Prebiotics (BioTerraPro™, TerraPro Ag™, Liquid TerraPro™), Probiotics (BioEndos 175™, EndoMaxima 6400™, MycoMaxima P5™), and Postbiotics (Protein Crumbles®, SupraPlex™) — built on 30+ years of molecular soil science research. The flagship TerraPro™ is a proprietary bioidentical supramolecular carbon molecule designed to correct soil chemistry, increase porosity, and restore biological intelligence. Products are sold as treatment protocols to commercial growers, mine reclamation operators, turf managers, and other land management operations across agriculture, mine reclamation, desertification reversal, soil decontamination, desalinization, and turf verticals.

Product overview

Soil Secrets Bio is a molecular soil health science company offering a three-part product system: Prebiotics, Probiotics, and Postbiotics. The Prebiotic products (BioTerraPro™, TerraPro Ag™, Liquid TerraPro™) fix soil geology by delivering bioidentical TerraPro carbon compounds. The Probiotic products (BioEndos 175™, EndoMaxima 6400™, MycoMaxima P5™) introduce beneficial fungi and bacteria. The Postbiotic products (Protein Crumbles®, SupraPlex™) feed the established biology. This sequential framework mirrors nature: first fix the environment, then introduce biology, then feed it. The company applies 30+ years of molecular soil science across agriculture, mine reclamation, desertification reversal, soil decontamination, desalinization, and turf applications. The TerraPro molecule represents all fractions of humic molecules with molecular research owned by Soil Secrets Bio, described as bio-identical supramolecular carbon molecules.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• BioTerraPro™

Quantifiable outcome

• 14–200% yield increases crop, soil & climate dependent
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Pivot Bio: Pivot Bio develops microbial nitrogen-fixing crop nutrition products for row-crop agriculture. It is the most directly comparable venture-backed biologicals company targeting similar grower economics through microbial soil inputs, although Pivot Bio focuses specifically on nitrogen replacement rather than a full soil-chemistry restoration protocol.
• Indigo Ag: Indigo Ag offers microbial seed treatments, biostimulants, and a digital agronomy platform to improve grower yield and sustainability outcomes. Comparable to SoilSecrets Bio as a biological-inputs company addressing soil health and crop performance, with Indigo operating at significantly larger scale and with broader distribution.
• Actagro: Actagro produces humic and fulvic acid-based soil conditioners and plant nutrition products for agriculture. It is one of the closest direct competitors to SoilSecrets Bio in the humic-carbon soil amendment space, with overlapping product categories (carbon-based soil conditioners) and similar row-crop and specialty-crop customer base.
• Mycorrhizal Applications: Mycorrhizal Applications is a leading producer of mycorrhizal inoculant products used to enhance plant root function and nutrient uptake. It overlaps with SoilSecrets Bio's probiotic product line (BioEndos 175, MycoMaxima P5) and serves a similar customer base of growers, nurseries, and land restoration projects.
• Advancing Eco Agriculture (AEA): AEA provides regenerative agriculture consulting and a portfolio of biological soil amendments, foliar nutrients, and microbial inputs to high-value crop growers. Comparable to SoilSecrets Bio as a biological-inputs and soil-health company with a systems-level, protocol-driven approach to grower engagement.

Broad incumbents

• Novonesis (Novozymes): Novonesis is the global leader in industrial enzymes and microbial solutions, including agricultural biologicals. It is a broad incumbent in the soil-microbe category with deep R&D, distribution, and partnerships across the agricultural inputs industry — comparable as a category leader but operating at far greater scale and breadth than SoilSecrets Bio.
• Loveland Products (Nutrien Ag Solutions): Loveland Products, part of Nutrien Ag Solutions, offers a broad portfolio of crop input products including soil conditioners, micronutrients, and specialty fertilizers. It is a broad incumbent with overlapping product categories but a much wider portfolio and an extensive retail and dealer distribution network across North America.

Emerging players

• Pattern Ag: Pattern Ag provides soil microbiome analytics and predictive input recommendations to help growers improve yields and reduce fertilizer waste. It is an emerging player in the soil-health category that overlaps with SoilSecrets Bio on the soil-biology thesis but differentiates through data-driven, prescriptive agronomy rather than proprietary input chemistry.
• AgriGro / BioAg: BioAg supplies biological crop inputs and humic-acid soil amendments to commercial agriculture. It is an emerging direct peer in the humic and microbial soil amendment space, with a smaller scale and more limited distribution than SoilSecrets Bio.
• Locus Agricultural Solutions: Locus Agricultural Solutions produces microbial soil amendments and biological crop inputs derived from its probiotic fermentation platform. It is an emerging direct peer in the biological-inputs category, with technology-driven differentiation and a focus on specialty and row-crop agriculture.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/soil-secrets

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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