Started in the field.
Built in the lab.

A farmer-turned-scientist who became one of the world's leading rhizobium researchers.

Our founder and Chief Science Officer grew up farming and knows first hand that real conditions are the only conditions that matter. He saw the gap between what inoculants often promise and what a farmer actually sees at harvest. He believed that gap was scientifically addressable, so he proved it

The research that underlies Lilac's platform was developed at North Dakota State University, a leader in pulse crop agriculture in North America. Lilac takes that science from the lab to the field.