Pivot Bio Launches Weekly ‘N-SIGHTS from the Farm’

Cindy Zimmerman

Pivot Bio has introduced a new vidcast for farmers to explore yield data, track nitrogen efficiency metrics, and hear directly from other farmers who are incorporating this advanced nitrogen solution into their operations. “N-SIGHTS from the Farm” is a digital hub providing real-time harvest data and weekly agronomic insights that showcase how Pivot Bio PROVEN® 40 is performing in corn …

Agronomy, AgWired Precision, Nutrient Management, Nutrition, Precision Agriculture

New Pricing for Pivot Bio Microbial Nitrogen Offers Greater ROI

Cindy Zimmerman

As part of their ongoing support for farmers facing tough economics, Pivot Bio has announced a lower price for PROVEN® 40 microbial nitrogen in the 2025 growing season paired with a 0% financing program. “We understand the evolving financial dynamics that farmers are facing,” said Chris Turner, Pivot Bio chief commercial officer. “We want to meet farmers where they are …

AgWired Precision, Corn, Nutrient Management, Nutrition, Precision Agriculture

DWFI Podcast 38 – Irrigation Impacts on Nutrition

Cindy Zimmerman

Irrigation expansion can provide the water necessary to increase food production for our growing world. It can also be a means for moving farmers from simply producing enough food for their families to generating more income through domestic markets or export of additional production. However, increasing use of irrigation can have varying impacts on the nutrition of the local communities …

Audio, Food, Irrigation, Nutrition, Water, Water for Food

Alltech and Agolin Partner for Cattle Production and Sustainability Goals

Cindy Zimmerman

Alltech announced this week it has acquired a majority interest in Agolin, a Swiss company founded in 2006 to develop and produce plant-based nutrition solutions that improve herd performance, profitability and sustainability. Pictured L-R: Michael Roe, commercial director of Agolin; Kurt Schaller, managing director of Agolin; Beatrice Zweifel, technical director of Agolin; and Dr. Mark Lyons, president and CEO of …

AgWired Animal, Alltech, Animal Agriculture, Beef, Livestock, Nutrition, Sustainability

Alltech News and Brews Features Acutia

Chuck Zimmerman

The Alltech Ideas Hub – News and Brews, featured Nikki Putnam Badding, registered dietitian nutritionist and director of Acutia, for this week’s program. The topic is Acutia: Sustainable Wellness, Backed by Science. You can listen to her remarks below. Launched on March 24, Acutia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Alltech, applies more than 40 years of scientific innovation and proven …

Agribusiness, Alltech, Audio, Nutrition

ZimmCast 665 – All About AgWiki

Chuck Zimmerman

Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. In this week’s program we’re going to learn a lot about AgWiki from CEO, Randy Krotz. AgWiki is a community of farmers, researchers, nutritionists, and consultants seeking to discover solutions to sustainability and world hunger…socially. Randy will talk about the startup venture and what the mission is as well as how you can get …

Agribusiness, Audio, Farming, Food, Nutrition, Social Media, Social Networking, ZimmCast

Heliae® Agriculture Offering Soil Productivity Webinar

Cindy Zimmerman

Heliae® Agriculture will offer an in-depth two-day soil health webinar on November 17th and 18th on Rethinking Soil Productivity to showcase soil health opportunities for farmers in every geography. “Soils are becoming severely degraded. It’s our mission at Heliae® Agriculture to help change that and provide growers with returns that deliver more than yield,” says Heliae President and CEO, Eric …

AgWired Precision, Farming, Nutrition, Precision Agriculture, Soil

Alltech Accelerator 4 – TERRA NutriTECH

Carrie Muehling

Ireland-based TERRA NutriTECH wants to bring mineral dispensing into the 21st century, and the company’s participation in the Alltech Pearse Lyons Accelerator is helping them to do just that. “It’s a precision liquid nutrition system,” explained Padraig Hennessy, CEO of TERRA NutriTECH. “It can automatically put liquid supplements into the water line, accurately. So, we input in the exact number …

AgWired Animal, Alltech, Animal Agriculture, Audio, Nutrition

AlzChem Names U.S. Sales Lead for Creamino

Cindy Zimmerman

AlzChem Animal Health has named Dr. John Thomson as the U.S. Sales Manager for Feed Additives, particularly Creamino, a patent-protected preparation of guanidinoacetic acid (GAA). During his career, Thomson has managed research programs with a number of different feed and nutrition companies, provided technical support and training to customers and staff, and worked with customers to implement improvements. Recently, he …

AgWired Animal, Animal Health, Feed, Nutrition, Poultry

CrystalBlox™ at the #CattleCon19 Trade Show

Cindy Zimmerman

CrystalBlox™ is the newest block form developed by Crystalyx Brand Supplements. It combines the economical nutrient delivery and fortification of compressed blocks with the consistent and predictable intake of low moisture block technology. CrystalBlox will fit a wide variety of feeding situations, where protein delivery is critical. CrystalBlox is designed and formulated to provide supplemental protein to help improve forage …

AgWired Animal, Alltech, Animal Agriculture, Animal Health, Audio, Beef, Cattle Industry Conference, Livestock, Nutrition, Video