Pivot Bio's revolutionary on-seed fertilizer
celebrated as a finalist in the Agriculture and General Excellence
categories
BERKELEY, Calif., May 14, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Pivot Bio, a leading sustainable agriculture
company, was today listed as a finalist in both the Agriculture and
General Excellence categories on Fast Company's 2024 list of World
Changing Ideas. This honor marks the fifth in a series of top
industry recognitions bestowed on Pivot Bio in recent months,
following being named to CNBC's Disruptor 50 list, Reuter's
Responsible Business's Product Innovation awards, TIME's list
of Best Inventions and Fast Company's top 50 Most Innovative
Companies.
Pivot Bio's on-seed technology introduced an entirely new class
of products when launched in 2022 by integrating nitrogen
seamlessly with planting. The first-ever product to deliver
nitrogen-producing microbes on the seed for crops like corn,
sorghum and spring wheat, Pivot Bio PROVENĀ® 40 On-Seed (OS) and
Pivot Bio RETURNĀ® On-Seed provide growers with nitrogen that is
better for their farms and the environment.
"Our on-seed technology enhances crop potential all season long
by providing an efficient and dependable nitrogen source, ensuring
nitrogen reaches the plant and isn't lost to volatilization or
leaching," said Karsten Temme,
Ph.D., Pivot Bio co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer. "With the
introduction of our on-seed application, no special equipment is
required for growers to use our nitrogen-producing microbes, making
them available to every grower across the
United States for the first time and providing a new,
powerful tool for improving on-farm productivity and
sustainability."
Pivot Bio products are now used across 5 million acres in
the United States, with just two
percent of the emissions of synthetic fertilizer and manufactured
with 1,000 times less water. Last year, for the first time, corn
farmers could plant their seeds with up to 25 percent of their
nitrogen needs already in place through the use of this
groundbreaking class of products.
About Pivot Bio
Pivot Bio is a leading sustainable
agriculture company delivering farmers patented crop nutrition
technologies that harness the power of nature to reliably and
productively grow the food the world needs in the face of
increasing volatility. Currently available in North America and soon in Brazil, the company's products are a
breakthrough innovation. They are among the industry's most
promising climate solutions because they deliver nitrogen to plants
without the negative impacts of synthetic fertilizer. The company's
nitrogen is weatherproof, safer to handle, and does not leach or
contribute to nitrous oxide pollution. By making this possible for
the first time at scale, Pivot Bio is upending the 190 billion USD nitrogen market. Pivot Bio has
been recognized twice by Time magazine on its annual list of best
inventions, by Fast Company on its World Changing Ideas and World's
Most Innovative Companies lists, by CNBC in its Disruptor 50 list
of private companies, and by Fortune on its Impact 20 list of
startups driving social good. The company recently announced its
fourth consecutive year of growth. For more information, visit
PivotBio.com.
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