Company launches product for cotton growers
Pivot Bio, Wayzata, Minnesota, 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 return on investment.
“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,” said Chris Abbott, CEO of Pivot Bio. “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.”
“Being able to evaluate CERT-N hands-on last season at a farm scale—using farm production equipment—was an incredible experience,” said Jeff Hollowell, Pivot Bio agronomist and cotton expert. “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.
For more information, see a representative or visit PivotBio.com.
