Chicago-based Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) and BiOWiSH Technologies Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, announced that ADM will now offer a BiOWiSH® Fertilizer Enhancement as a dry fertilizer treatment option for urea, MAP, DAP, and NPK blends. The new product will be available from ADM Farm Direct Fertilizer, as well as the company’s wholesale business.
“We’re extremely excited to partner with ADM,” said BiOWiSH CEO Graham Beesley. “Together we will ensure that more farmers in the US will be able to experience the benefits of high-quality biologically enhanced fertilizers, which are designed to increase crop production economically, safely, and sustainably.”
The BiOWiSH® Fertilizer Enhancement is a blend of proprietary microbial cultures, including BiOWiSH’s proprietary HoloGene 3™ technology and BiOWiSH® endophytic Bacillus, which is coated onto dry fertilizer or mixed with liquid fertilizers to create an enhanced efficiency fertilizer. ADM said it plans to offer it as an option to be coated onto dry fertilizers sold through several of its terminals for the 2023 season.
“ADM is committed to delivering solutions that will enhance farmer profitability and help them sustainably meet growing demand for agricultural products. BiOWiSH is one of those solutions,” said Graig Whitehead, ADM Director of Biologicals and New Technology. “It is an easy addition to a fertility program for farmers looking to benefit from improved nutrient use efficiency and increased yield potential.”
ADM said The BiOWiSH® Fertilizer Enhancement is available at its US fertilizer terminals in Blytheville, Ark., Camanche, Iowa, Madison, Ill., Ottawa, Ill., Owensboro, Ky., St. Paul, Minn., and Winona, Minn. Additional locations in the US and Canada are expected to offer the enhancement soon.
Last summer, BiOWiSH partnered with Riyadh-based SABIC Agri-Nutrients Co. to launch a new bio-enhanced urea product, which was offered for a limited time in select areas through ADM and American Plant Food (APF) facilities (GM July 29, 2022).