In California, Pivot Bio and farmers in the company’s Intent to Pivot program across the Corn Belt are beta-testing the first sustainable source of nitrogen for corn this summer. These plants receive nitrogen on-demand each day from Pivot Bio’s proprietary and field-tested microbes. The beta program is the final step before product is commercially available for use with corn for 2019 planting.
“We are hitting all of the milestones critical to delivering a beta product into the marketplace,” said Karsten Temme, PhD, CEO and co-founder of Pivot Bio. “The preliminary data highlights strong product performance in the field. We are poised to provide corn growers with the first clean alternative to synthetic nitrogen fertilizer.”
To provide this clean alternative to synthetic nitrogen fertilizer, Pivot Bio re-awakens the microbes’ natural ability to produce nitrogen. The microbes are applied when the corn crop is planted and deliver nitrogen daily to the plant.