Balchem Launches Free Digital Tool to Help Farmers Improve Crop Nutrition

Balchem Plant Nutrition, a global leader in chelated mineral plant nutrition and the maker of Metalosate® micronutrients, today announced the launch of its Metalosate® T.E.A.M.™ plant tissue analysis digital platform. The platform helps advisors optimize nutrient balance to enhance yield potential and crop quality, while reducing unnecessary input cost in specialty crops. Built as a free service for pest control advisors and agronomists, T.E.A.M. translates plant tissue analysis results into targeted nutrition recommendations that growers can act on with confidence.

T.E.A.M., which stands for Technical Evaluation of Albion Minerals, is a proprietary program developed from decades of Balchem research. Using plant tissue analysis, T.E.A.M. evaluates actual nutrient concentrations against crop-specific optimal ranges and then analyzes the relationships between minerals to determine which imbalances are limiting performance.

While plant tissue analysis is a widely used tool, advisors are often left to interpret complex results. The Metalosate T.E.A.M. methodology removes the guesswork, applying Balchem's nutrient diagnostic models to prioritize limiting factors. Drawing on decades of research, the platform converts raw tissue data into targeted micronutrient recommendations, providing a clear, defensible plan, rather than a list of data points.