Articles from Pivot Bio

Pivot Bio, one of the world’s leading innovative agtech companies, today announced Bruce Schnicker has joined the company as vice president of product development. In this role, Schnicker will be responsible for overseeing product development lifecycle from early-stage grower-oriented discovery to solution design and commercialization. He will report to Travis Frey, chief technology officer.

Pivot Bio, a leading sustainable agriculture company, announced today James C. Collins Jr. has been elected to the Pivot Bio Board of Directors, effective Jan. 23. Collins brings to the company an impressive resume that includes leadership positions at various well-known agribusinesses.

Pivot Bio CEO Chris Abbott this week took the leading sustainable agriculture company’s expertise to the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting to seek partnerships and opportunities to accelerate the food system’s transformation.

An extensive new study conducted in collaboration with over 30 dairy producers during the 2022 and 2023 growing seasons demonstrated that replacing up to 40 pounds per acre of synthetic nitrogen with Pivot Bio PROVEN® 40 significantly improved silage tonnage without sacrificing quality.

Pivot Bio, a leading sustainable agriculture company, today announced the appointment of Robert Houghton as the company’s chief financial officer. Houghton will oversee corporate finance, treasury, financial planning and analysis, tax, accounting, investor relations, internal audit, risk management and the company’s capital market strategy. He replaces Doug Jeffries, who served as Pivot Bio’s chief financial officer until his retirement last year.

To give back to local communities and address the growing challenge of food insecurity across the U.S., Pivot Bio, a sustainable agriculture company, is donating to six local Food Banks or Food Pantries this holiday season in the communities where its team members live and work.

On December 9th and 10th, Pivot Bio CEO Chris Abbott will bring the leading sustainable agriculture company’s expertise to the world stage at COP28, with a specific focus on technology to reduce nitrous oxide emissions in the food and agriculture sector.

In an effort to highlight the growing challenge of food insecurity, Pivot Bio, a sustainable agriculture company with a strong presence in Ames, presented a $2,500 donation to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Story County along with a truckload of turkeys to be distributed to club families for Thanksgiving.

Pivot Bio, Inc., a sustainable agriculture company, is named to TIME’s annual list of the Best Inventions, which features 200 extraordinary innovations changing our lives, for the second time.

Pivot Bio, a sustainable agriculture company, documents how their products are being used by farmers to improve their productivity and profitability without synthetic fertilizer polluting local rivers or contributing to climate change. New data in the company’s inaugural Impact Report, alongside newly published university and third-party research, shows how the technology is enabling farmers to transform agriculture to the benefit of the planet.

Pivot Bio, agriculture’s leading nitrogen innovator, announces the results of its 2022 pilot and the 2023 expansion of N-OVATOR™, the company’s new program for validating on-farm synthetic fertilizer replacement. The Pivot Bio N-OVATOR™ program is designed to unite growers, who are reducing their on-farm emissions by using Pivot Bio’s microbial nitrogen, with the corporations striving to decrease their Scope 3 emissions to reach net-zero.

Pivot Bio, agriculture’s leading nitrogen innovator, joins the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate) as an Innovation Sprint Partner, committing at least $291 million in product development funding over four years to accelerate the adoption of climate-resilient microbial nitrogen fertilizers.

Pivot Bio, agriculture’s leading nitrogen innovator, announced today that Roger Underwood, entrepreneur and ag tech investor, has been elected to the Pivot Bio Board of Directors as an independent director and Chairperson. Additionally, the company announces that Lisa Safarian is promoted to President & Chief Operating Officer, Evan Wittenberg joins as its first Chief People Officer, and Ernie Sanders is promoted to Senior Vice President-Product Innovation.