Pivot Bio Announces New Product Launch for U.S. Cotton

Pivot Bio's latest technology is now accessible to growers and partners across the U.S. Cotton Belt.

WAYZATA, Minn., Feb. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Pivot Bio, one of the world's most innovative agtech companies, announced today that it has commercially launched a new product for cotton crops in the United States. The product will be available through Pivot Bio's distribution partners for a select group of growers this season, with a full commercial launch for the 2026 planting season.

CERT-N™ will join other Pivot Bio products including PROVEN® and RETURN®, and a soon-to-be-launched next generation product in corn for the 2026 season. Pivot Bio's patent-protected technology provides a steady source of nitrogen to cotton plants from emergence to harvest, providing weatherproof nitrogen and helping the crop reach its full yield and fiber quality potential.

Pivot Bio produces the only gene-edited, nitrogen-fixing products on the market. This means Pivot Bio products are the only biological products that deliver nitrogen directly to the roots, even in the presence of synthetic fertilizers and manure. CERT-N™ is the only gene-edited nitrogen fixer available in cotton. Applied as a seed treatment, it spoon-feeds nitrogen to the roots, setting crops up for early square retention, higher boll counts and healthier plants at defoliation time. In Pivot Bio's 2024 large-scale farm trials across eight states, fields treated with CERT-N™ replaced an average of 20% of their normal nitrogen program and saw an average yield gain of 50 pounds of lint per acre and a $35 boost in ROI.

"We are certainly excited to announce this latest innovation in crop fertility," said Chris Abbott, CEO, Pivot Bio. "Growers have been asking us to provide a product for cotton, and we are proud to make CERT-N™ available to complement their nutrition program. The results we have seen in independent research and directly with growers have been strong, and we are confident that cotton growers will see a strong benefit and value by adding this product to their fertility plan. Additionally, we have a team of agronomists who stand ready to work with growers and distribution partners to ensure they have a best-in-class experience and results.  Our innovation pipeline remains full, and we look forward to announcing our next generation product for the 2026 marketplace soon."

"A huge thank you to the farms that have placed their trust in Pivot Bio and partnered with us on this exciting product offering in cotton," said Jeff Hollowell, Pivot Bio agronomist and cotton expert. "It's been a true team effort to bring CERT-N™ to a limited number of growers across the cotton belt for the 2025 crop season. Being able to evaluate CERT-N™ hands-on last season at a farm scale—using farm production equipment—was an incredible experience. Seeing the tangible benefits, it brought to the crop, which resulted in a positive ROI for the partner farms that tested CERT-N™, was truly rewarding!"

CERT-N™ is now available for sale to growers and partners in select Cotton Belt states. In 2025, Pivot Bio will conduct demo fields across the region to showcase the benefits of this new technology as part of a limited commercial launch. A full commercial launch is slated for 2026.

About Pivot Bio
Pivot Bio, one of the world's leading innovative agtech companies, delivers to farmers patented crop nutrition technologies that harness the power of nature to reliably and productively grow the food the world needs in the face of increasing volatility.

Currently available in North America and soon in Brazil, the company's products are a breakthrough innovation and one of the agriculture industry's most promising solutions. Pivot Bio has been recognized three times by Time magazine on its annual list of best inventions, by Fast Company on its World Changing Ideas and World's 50 Most Innovative Companies lists, by CNBC on its Disruptor 50 list of private companies, by Fortune on its Impact 20 list of startups driving social good and by MIT Tech Review as one of 15 climate tech companies to watch. For more information, visit PivotBio.com.

SOURCE Pivot Bio, Inc