March 15, 2023 – Agricultural biotechnology company Qualterra, Inc., a leader in agricultural and sustainability technologies, today announced a major milestone in their business. On March 7, 2023, Qualterra delivered its next generation Biomass Processing Unit (BPU) to its customer, Vaagen Timbers of Colville, WA.  This is a major milestone for Qualterra’s biomass processing…

February 15, 2023 – Agricultural biotechnology company Qualterra, Inc., a leader in agricultural and sustainability technologies, today announced that Dr. Sharol Marcec has started in the role of Field Trial Scientist. In her role, Dr. Marcec will design and manage a portfolio of on-farm trials as well as research conducted at Qualterra’s greenhouse facility and…

At eastern Washington-based Qualterra, we’re on a mission to create innovations for agriculture and sustainability. Our customers, commercial growers and nurseries of specialty crops (apple, cherry, pear, hops and grape) benefit from our technologies when they purchase and receive healthy, vigorous rootstocks/plants that are certified virus-free, and DNA-level verified true to type. To accomplish this,…

Pullman company to start research farm near Spangle Nearly a year after Pullman, Washington-based NuPhy Inc. acquired Spokane-based Ag Energy Solutions Inc., the company’s expansion plans have brought operations into Spokane County under a new company name, Qualterra Inc. Qualterra CEO Mike Werner says the company will remain headquartered in Pullman, Washington, but a newly…

PULLMAN, Wash. September 27, 2022 – Agricultural biotechnology company Qualterra, Inc. purchased a research and demonstration facility in Spangle, WA on 9/9/2022, which it will use to demonstrate its innovative agricultural and sustainability technologies to growers, producers, and partners worldwide. The 77-acre property currently features a 2,500 square foot greenhouse, a 4,700 square foot warehouse…

PULLMAN, Wash. September 22, 2022 – Agicultural biotech company Qualterra (formerly named NuPhY) has been awarded a competitive USDA SBIR Innovation Grant to commercialize its sequencing-based virus diagnostic service and help farmers combat destructive viral diseases. Dr. Seanna Hewitt, genomics scientist and grant writing specialist at Qualterra, explains, “In long lived, clonally propagated plants like…

SPOKANE, Wash. September 19, 2022 – Clean AgTech company Qualterra (recently renamed from NuPhY) has been awarded a competitive Industrial Symbiosis grant from the Washington State Department of Commerce to set up a pilot Agricultural Regeneration Center (ARC), helping farmers sequester carbon and combat climate change across the state. The pilot site, on the company’s…

September 15, 2022: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PULLMAN, Washington – On September 15, 2022, NuPhY formally changed its name to Qualterra. Qualterra (NuPhY) is a leader in the production of clean plants, genetic and disease testing services and a pioneer in agricultural-based biochar and green renewable energy systems with locations in Pullman and Spokane Washington. “The…

PULLMAN, Wash. September 10, 2022 – Qualterra, an agricultural biotechnology firm, has been awarded a competitive NIST SBIR grant to integrate plant growth metrics, production optimization, and artificial intelligence into its existing TreeTracker™ software and provide next-generation plant tracking capabilities to farmers. Since its inception, TreeTracker™ has always been cutting-edge. Conceived in an era when…

PULLMAN, Wash. March 30, 2022 – Horticultural biotechnology company NuPhY, Inc. announced that it was awarded a competitive WSDA Nursery Research Grant to develop controlled environment production of pathogen free, true-to-type rootstocks, easing the bottleneck of rootstock acquisition and providing for growers in an uncertain climatic future. Climate pressures and pathogen stress are contributing to…