Meristem Crop Performance Group, Columbus, Ohio, and 3Bar Biologics, Powell, Ohio, announced on Sept. 20 that they have joined forces to develop new delivery systems to dramatically increase the performance of a broad range of biologicals.
They said the partnership brings together 3Bar’s packaging design development and manufacturing expertise to bear against Meristem’s BIO-CAPSULETM delivery system technology to support Meristem’s expanding biologicals portfolio.
“3Bar’s ability for developing new, innovative ways to protect and deliver microbes to the farm is unique to the industry – and makes them a perfect partner helping us to move quickly to the market with BIO-CAPSULETM,” said Mitch Eviston, Founder and CEO of Meristem Crop Performance. “Teaming with 3Bar will further boost our ability to bring more innovative biological products to more farmers and more acres faster.”
“We’re excited to partner with Meristem to revolutionize seed lubricants as a delivery vehicle for biologicals at planting,” said Bruce Caldwell, Founder and CEO of 3Bar Biologics. “Our package solution now provides Meristem the ability to streamline their biological inputs into a simple product format that’s better for the microbes and easier to use by the farmer.”
The partners said the development of BIO-CAPSULETM Planter Box Delivery System is the first outcome of the partnership. BIO-CAPSULETM is a packaging system designed to carry, protect, and dispense a multitude of biologicals into a seed lubricant blend plus micronutrients. Manufactured by 3Bar, it will be launched commercially in crop-year 2023 as part of Meristem’s REVLINE HOPPER THROTTLETM product evolution.