HOUSTON, Jan. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Sigma Agriscience,
a manufacturer of granular biofertilizers and biostimulants, today
announced the company has acquired a controlling interest in AM-AG,
an international marketer and distributor of agriculture products
with operations in Latin America
and the U.S.
Houston based Sigma Agriscience
provides innovative products and solutions to agriculture, nursery,
orchard, turf, and landscape markets from all over the U.S. to
Mexico, Central and South America, Europe and Asia. AM-AG will operate as a Sigma
Agriscience subsidiary under its present name. Significant to
the deal is AM-AG's exclusive distribution rights to a unique
granular product line of all-natural high analysis secondary and
micronutrient plant nutrition.
"We are very excited about this announcement. This is a
highly strategic and complementary acquisition with many
parts," said Alan Warren,
President and CEO of Sigma Agriscience. "We have a long
history of working with AM-AG and this investment strengthens our
core competencies and will enable us to deliver unique value for
not only organic but conventional growers."
"Both companies aim to create a smarter way for conventional
growers to improve soil health and increase their existing yield
and profitability," said AM-AG partners, Don Barry and J. Robert
Gonzales. Branded as "Sigma Biosphere" the
go-to-marketing strategy is a program that complements conventional
growing practices by supercharging standard NPK fertility with
secondary and micronutrient plant nutrition plus
biostimulants. "This technology has very positive
implications for agricultural crop production," said
Julian Smith, PhD, lead agronomist
of AM-AG.
Modern crop production is reliant upon a multitude of factors
and nutrition is a major element of economic yields across a
multitude of soil types. More importantly, matching genetics with
an increasing attention to detail over and above conventional NPK
fertility programs has paid dividends for many producers.
Typically, NPK programs are now supplemented with greater attention
to secondary and micro-nutrient inclusion.
In many areas, major improvements to plant nutrition have been
achieved through complimenting recommended NPK applications with
magnesium, sulfur and calcium. By doing so, maximum NPK efficiency
is realized plus applying essential supplemental nutrition for high
yield environments. Across many soils in the US, not least those
that have been exhausted after years of farming, NPK is essential
but simply not enough to sustain economic production. Magnesium,
sulfur and calcium (not just liming) supplemental nutrition is
vital. Similarly, the impact of essential micronutrients such as
zinc, boron, copper and manganese cannot be underestimated.
Sigma Biosphere products utilize a range of soil and crop
appropriate combinations of magnesium, calcium, sulfur and
micronutrients in season-long form to augment NPK blends to
maximize crop production across a variety of growing environments
and crop rotations.
In a significant departure from other supplemental nutrient
programs, The Sigma Biosphere program includes a biological package
comprising a unique combination of microbes with an outstanding
research pedigree. This is not the "bugs in a jug" shotgun
approach, rather a carefully researched and selected group of
micro-organisms with a proven track record in crop production and
soil productivity improvement.
Sigma Biosphere utilizes three specific bug groups, chosen for
efficacy and importantly, their competitive ability in a soil
environment. Adding a few bugs to a soil environment usually fails
as the soil has billions of native microbes, all competing for
food. Sigma Biosphere microbials are capable of out-competing
native bugs and provide very specific services for crops via the
root system. Such advantages include outcompeting pathogens,
stimulating root growth and other essential growth functions, not
least nutrient availability.
Sigma Biosphere combines essential nutrition for crops and soils
combined with a proven biological package that will elevate all
crop nutrient programs!
For more information, visit www.SigmaAgriscience.com and
www.AM-AG.com
Contact:
Alan Warren
alan.warren@sigma-agri.com
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