At the AgriBusiness Global LIVE! event during the 2025 Trade Summit, Dr. Keri Carstens, CEO of Jord BioScience, shared how her team is rethinking microbial innovation to help farmers achieve more reliable, sustainable results.
With a background in environmental toxicology and more than a decade at Corteva Agriscience, Dr. Carstens brings both scientific expertise and a farmer’s perspective to her leadership at Jord. The company’s foundation — 30 years of microbial research from the University of Minnesota — now supports a proprietary collection of over 6,500 microbes designed to enhance crop performance and plant health.
Her message to the industry was clear:
- Microbes aren’t a trend — they’re a transformation.
- Partnerships are essential to advancing discovery, development, and delivery.
- The future is hybrid, combining the strengths of chemistry and biology to support farmers worldwide.
Dr. Carstens’ insights reflect what happens when science, leadership, and collaboration intersect — and how women are leading the next wave of biological innovation in agriculture.
