An Alternative Source of Nitrogen

This is Tim Hammerich of the Ag Information Network with your Farm of the Future Report.

It’s that time of the year when the fields get planted and farmers are busy making sure they have the crop nutrition that they need. Which makes the fertilizer situation of high prices and low availability a big concern. Geraldo Mattioli has been in the fertilizer business for decades, and says this he’s seen geopolitics impact prices before.

Mattioli… “ For nitrogen for example, it's heavily dependent on energy US has a significant production, but a lot of that globally speaking is in Eastern Europe or Middle East. And those are areas that normally experience some volatility in geopolitics is one of them. Every time this happens, at the end of the day, the farmer is the one that gets the most impacted because the price go up so quickly and they can't plan accordingly. Sometimes they're caught not only with the price that is high, but also availability that's not there when they need.”

Mattioli is now the chief commercial officer of Kula Bio, which is offering a technology that provides an alternative source of nitrogen to farmers.

Mattioli… “ It's an alternative source of nitrogen. So if the farmer understands what they want to do and when they need the nitrogen, we would be a good tool to put in the mix.”

For more information on this option, visit KulaBio.com.