This strategic initiative with Ascribe is designed to further strengthen Loveland Products’ market leading biological platform.

LOVELAND, CO (April 7, 2025) - Loveland Products, Inc., the proprietary products company for Nutrien Ag Solutions and a leading provider of crop input solutions, and Ascribe Bioscience, the developer of the biofungicide Phytalix®, announced the expansion of their collaboration in the US market to include additional proprietary Phytalix premixes. This strategic initiative with Ascribe is designed to further strengthen Loveland Products' market leading biological platform.

This builds on the companies' successful collaboration, announced in 2023, which focused on products for other US row crops, including cereals, corn, and soybeans. The expanded relationship is a result of strong field trial results over three seasons and a shared commitment to bringing innovative and effective crop protection tools to growers.

Phytalix, a biofungicide, is derived from small molecules in the soil microbiome that prime the plant's innate defenses. It offers broad-spectrum disease control, improved plant health, and a novel mode of action for resistance management. When integrated into fungicide blends, Phytalix delivers a new standard of performance that can meet or exceed the effectiveness of premium multi-way fungicide products.

"Our mission is to equip farmers with cutting-edge tools that deliver both agronomic and economic returns," says Casey McDaniel, Vice President of Loveland Products. "Phytalix brings a new mode of action fungicide into Loveland's product portfolio, supporting our customers continued access to effective disease control options in the face of increasing pathogen resistance to major fungicide classes. Phytalix's compatibility with existing crop protection products represents a breakthrough for biological solutions, allowing us to deliver products that are more effective across millions of acres in the US."

The new products will expand Loveland's Phytalix-based offerings providing additional value-added products for US row crop growers. Product submissions to the EPA in the US are anticipated by the end of 2025.

This collaboration is part of a broader effort by Nutrien Ag Solutions to build a differentiated portfolio of proprietary crop protection products through its Loveland Products brand. Loveland Products' research and development team has concentrated its efforts on thoroughly understanding what the technologies are doing, both biologically and chemically, allowing them to develop predictable solutions with specific modes of action.

"We've seen outstanding field performance from Phytalix-based combinations and has the potential to have real economic value for growers," said Jay Farmer, Co-Founder and CEO of Ascribe Bioscience. "Loveland Products has been a forward-thinking collaborator, and we view their approach as a model for how Phytalix can be integrated into a program to meet the needs of modern growers."

Recent product launches to the market such as N-FINITY™, which improves nitrogen use efficiency, and TERRAMAR®, for stress mitigation, further solidify Loveland Products' leadership in the biosolutions sector. Loveland's history with trusted biological solutions has them placed strategically to meet the increasing grower demand in these categories. With unmatched distribution and access directly to the grower, Nutrien Ag Solutions is well-positioned to bring these solutions to scale.

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About Nutrien Ag Solutions and Loveland Products, Inc.
Nutrien Ag Solutions®, Inc., the retail division of Nutrien Ltd., is a global leader in providing crop inputs and services. Through a network of over 4,500 trusted crop consultants, they offer full-acre solutions, helping growers achieve the highest yields. Their product selection includes proprietary brands like Loveland Products®, Inc., Proven® Seed, and Dyna-Gro® Seed. Loveland Products offers a comprehensive line of high-performance input products. Their portfolio includes seed treatment, plant nutrition, fertilizer, adjuvant, and crop protection products, all highly respected in the industry. They constantly strive to introduce new, unique chemistries to the marketplace to provide innovative solutions to challenges across agricultural and professional non-crop industries. For more information, visit nutrienagsolutions.com and lovelandproducts.com.


About Ascribe Bioscience
Ascribe is an Ithaca, NY-based agricultural technology company developing natural crop protection solutions. Founded in 2017, based on research from the Boyce Thompson Institute at Cornell University, Ascribe's flagship biofungicide, Phytalix®, harnesses natural small molecules from the soil microbiome to create effective, environmentally friendly disease control solutions that help farmers grow more resilient crops and harvest higher yields.