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Most microbes that naturally fix nitrogen are not stable as products - making it impossible to market. We've answered this challenge with new, shelf- and seed-stable nitrogen-fixing microbials.
About
Always-N microbes are the only nitrogen-fixing microbes built from shelf-stable and seed-stable microbes. Applied on seed or at planting, they grow along the roots all season long to deliver nitrogen to the crop when and where it's needed. Other microbial products can't survive in the barn or on the seed long enough to be used by growers - ours can. In fact, they are stable in the can for more than two years and on seed for more than three years, ensuring growers can integrate these products into their farming practices.
Key Benefits
Nitrogen is essential for crop growth. But the ways farmers use - and overuse - nitrogen fertilizers can result in ecological impacts in soil, air and water. And more than 50% of the applied nitrogen fertilizer never reaches the target plant.
Our Always-N products are microbial nitrogen fixers, meaning they convert nitrogen from the air into a format more readily used by plants. Our products are used as seed and soil treatments, growing with the roots in a symbiotic relationship. During the growing season, when crops most need nitrogen to fuel their productivity, fertilizer may no longer be present in the soil, having been volatized or washed into our waterways. But Always-N microbes grow all season long, producing nitrogen in the rootzone, ensuring optimized yields.
Applications
Our Always-N microbial products are used as seed and soil treatments:
- on the farm
- by regional seed handlers
- uniquely, by industrial seed companies who can add this benefit to their seeds before passing them into their supply chains.
Always-N products are approved for use in row crops like corn, wheat, rice and sugarcane, and in vegetable production around the world.