3Bar Biologics has partnered with start-up Pivot Bio to develop PROVEN, a low-cost nitrogen-producing microbial product which, if used on 35% of US farms, could eliminate seven to eight bushels per acre of N20 emissions annually. CEO Bruce Caldwell, formerly of Procter & Gamble and Scott’s Miracle-Gro, said PROVEN, which fixes nitrogen from the air and secretes it into a crop’s root zone, allows farmers to grow their own microbes on site and store them for up to three weeks. In addition, trials demonstrated PROVEN costs $5 per acre for a yield increase of 20,000 mt.
3Bar Biologics has partnered with start-up Pivot Bio to develop PROVEN, a low-cost nitrogen-producing microbial product which, if used on 35% of US farms, could eliminate 20,000 mt of N20 emissions annually. CEO Bruce Caldwell, formerly of Procter & Gamble and Scott’s Miracle-Gro, said PROVEN, which fixes nitrogen from the air and secretes it into a crop’s root zone, allows farmers to grow their own microbes on site and store them for up to three weeks. In addition, trials demonstrated PROVEN costs $5 per acre for a yield increase of seven to eight bushels per acre.