Pivot Bio to Increase Production and Lower Price to Meet Historic Nitrogen Demand

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MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 4, 2026--

Pivot Bio, one of the world's leading innovative agtech companies, has lowered prices again and increased production of its nitrogen-fixing products to help U.S. farmers meet their crop nutrition needs as spring planting season ramps up in the face of skyrocketing global nitrogen prices.

“Farmers are under immense pressure, and our role is to stand alongside them as they prepare for spring planting. We have made the decision to lower our prices, versus raise them, out of respect to the growers who need our support now more than ever,” said Chris Abbott, chief executive officer at Pivot Bio. “The global fertilizer market has been increasingly volatile in recent months and is now experiencing an unprecedented supply challenge, just as farmers have entered the planting season. Fertilizer prices have spiked dramatically over the last few days, and the global supply is severely challenged. Our industry-leading nitrogen-fixing products are made in the U.S. and through our domestic supply chain network, we can have nitrogen shipped to growers within 24 hours. As farmers across the country prepare to plant, we are doing our part to make sure that they have a low-cost, readily accessible source of nitrogen they need.”

To ensure domestic farmers have a reliable source of nitrogen available, the company’s manufacturing facility in St. Louis, Missouri has taken steps to increase its production output to meet the demand.

“We are well positioned to support the American farmers’ nitrogen needs by providing a more stable, cost-effective, domestically produced nitrogen source that drives crop performance in the face of global market challenges,” said Travis Frey, Ph.D., chief technology officer at Pivot Bio. “Farmers can think of Pivot Bio as a seamless in-season nitrogen engine that fuels their crop nutrition programs. By adding an early season source of nitrogen directly at the root when the plant needs it most, and implementing best management practices, growers can increase yield and reduce fertilizer costs.”

As fertilizer markets prove to be increasingly volatile, Pivot Bio’s increased production reinforces its commitment to providing farmers with a stable, U.S.-produced nitrogen solution when they need it most.

In 2025, Pivot Bio launched four new products, the most in its 15-year history: PROVEN® G3 for corn; CERT-N™ for cotton; RETAIN™ for grain sorghum; and a DRY formulation designed for ease of use across crop types.

In 134 field trials with 129 growers nationwide, growers using PROVEN® G3 replaced an average of 33 pounds of synthetic nitrogen per acre and gained a 2.1 bushel-per-acre yield advantage as compared to the grower’s standard practices. Overall win rates exceeded 90 percent regardless of weather and soil conditions, with consistent nutrition delivery at the plant root when the plant’s yield potential is most critical.

Across the 2024 and 2025 seasons, CERT-N™ cotton trials represented more than 30,000 acres. Growers who replaced up to 20 percent of their synthetic nitrogen with CERT-N achieved average lint yield increases of more than 50 pounds per acre, equating to returns exceeding $30 per acre — a significant milestone for the first year of any new product launch at scale.

Pivot Bio continues to make its field performance data publicly available through its Proven It® website. To view the 2025 field performance data, visit https://www.pivotbio.com/provenit.

About Pivot Bio

Pivot Bio, one of the world’s leading agtech companies, delivers patented crop nutrition technologies that harness the power of nature to help farmers 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 represent a breakthrough innovation and one of the agriculture industry’s most promising solutions. Pivot Bio has been recognized three times by TIME magazine on its annual list of best inventions, by Fast Company on its World Changing Ideas and World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies lists, by CNBC on its Disruptor 50 list of private companies, by Fortune on its Impact 20 list and by MIT Tech Review as one of 15 climate tech companies to watch. For more information, visit PivotBio.com.

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