bumigro Mulch Film Offers Plastic-Free Mulch Solution for Vegetable Growers

Dec 31, 2025
By Farms.com

Microbe-Edible Mulch Film Wins World Ag Expo Award

būmigro Mulch Film is offering vegetable growers a sustainable alternative to traditional plastic mulch by combining durability with natural decomposition. Made from upcycled agricultural biomass, the microbe-edible film delivers the same performance growers expect from conventional plastic, including moisture retention, weed suppression, and soil warming, without creating long-term waste.

Designed to match the needs of every growing season, būmigro Mulch Film remains strong and flexible during crop production. When the season ends, growers can simply disc the film into the soil.

There is no removal or disposal required. Soil microorganisms recognize the material as a food source and naturally break it down into organic matter, water, and carbon dioxide, leaving no plastic residue or harmful byproducts behind.

For vegetable growers, this approach can significantly reduce labor demands and disposal costs, which often account for a large share of production expenses. By eliminating plastic removal and off-farm disposal, the system also helps prevent soil disturbance and erosion.

In addition to labor savings, the film supports long-term soil health. Certified to meet the highest international standards, the composting process helps keep soil productive season after season while aligning with sustainable farming practices.

The innovation has gained international recognition, earning a spot among the Top 10 winners in the 2026 World Ag Expo Top 10 New Products Contest, sponsored by the F3 Initiative. Vegetable growers can see the award-winning mulch film in person during the World Ag Expo, scheduled for February 10-12, 2026, in Tulare, California, where it will be featured alongside other leading agricultural innovations.

Photo Credit: būmigro Mulch Film by būmi

Video: Seeing the Whole Season: How Continuous Crop Modeling Is Changing Breeding

Plant breeding has long been shaped by snapshots. A walk through a plot. A single set of notes. A yield check at the end of the season. But crops do not grow in moments. They change every day.

In this conversation, Gary Nijak of AerialPLOT explains how continuous crop modeling is changing the way breeders see, measure, and select plants by capturing growth, stress, and recovery across the entire season, not just at isolated points in time.

Nijak breaks down why point-in-time observations can miss critical performance signals, how repeated, season-long data collection removes the human bottleneck in breeding, and what becomes possible when every plot is treated as a living data set. He also explores how continuous modeling allows breeding programs to move beyond vague descriptors and toward measurable, repeatable insights that connect directly to on-farm outcomes.

This conversation explores:

• What continuous crop modeling is and how it works

• Why traditional field observations fall short over a full growing season

• How scale and repeated measurement change breeding decisions

• What “digital twins” of plots mean for selection and performance

• Why data, not hardware, is driving the next shift in breeding innovation As data-driven breeding moves from research into real-world programs, this discussion offers a clear look at how seeing the whole season is reshaping value for breeders, seed companies, and farmers, and why this may be only the beginning.