Progressive Planet (PLAN), Kamloops, B.C., on Dec. 8 announced that it has joint development agreements with Eco Health Industries Ltd., Maple Ridge, B.C., and High Brix Manufacturing Inc., Leduc County, Alberta, to develop three regenerative fertilizers that will reduce chemical fertilizer use while increasing the soil’s ability to store CO2, allow producers to use their existing equipment, and align with the Canada’s national target to reduce GHG emissions from fertilizer application by 30% by 2030.
The new fertilizers include two broadacre and one retail product, with product names to be released at a later date. Field trials for one of the broadacre products will commence in Alberta with High Brix customers during the 2023 spring planting. Broadacre field trials for the second product are planned for spring 2024. Testing to measure available nutrients for the small-bag retail product will commence in January 2023, with the final formulation to be launched in May 2023.
Eco Health specializes in developing products using technologies focused on nutrient use efficiency and environmental sustainability. PLAN began toll processing the product, Hydr8 ™, a soil amendment that is a blend of biochar, zeolite, and humates (GM July 8, p. 27), for Eco Health in 2022 and has supplied Eco Health with mineral products for more than five years. High Brix serves farmers on the Canadian Prairies as well as shipping products around the globe, including micronized soft rock phosphate milled by PLAN.