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Loveland Products, Inc. and AMS Announce Strategic Partnership
August 2, 2012 — Posted By Agricen

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Loveland Products, Inc. and Agricen have signed a strategic partnership agreement giving Loveland exclusive, worldwide distribution rights to Agricen’ existing innovative and sustainable plant nutrition biotechnology as well as access to an integrated pipeline of new product and technology opportunities.

As part of the agreement, Loveland has acquired an ownership position in Agricen. Agricen currently produces two of Loveland’s fastest growing plant nutrition brands, Accomplish® LM and Titan®. Loveland Products is a subsidiary of Crop Production Services, Inc., and part of Agrium Inc. (TSX and NYSE: AGU).

In addition to distribution under Loveland's Accomplish and Titan product lines, the companies will also continue to market the SoilBuilder® and NutriLife™ brands into the agricultural and professional turf markets, respectively.

Agricen recently added a new, state of the art, manufacturing facility in Denton, TX that has significantly increased production volume and efficiency. In addition to the rapid growth Loveland is experiencing with the Agricen technology in the US, the companies are also exploring several opportunities for expansion in key international regions.

 

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UNT/AMS Collaboration Identifies New Bacterial Group
June 26, 2012 — Posted By AMSPressMaster

asm2012Researchers from the University of North Texas (UNT) recently presented data at the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology from a study done in collaboration with Agricen.

Using molecular analysis techniques, the team identified a potentially novel bacterial species among the community of beneficial microorganisms from which Agricen derives its biochemical products. The previously unrecognized species appears to be related to a yet-to-be isolated bacterial group, known as the polyphosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs), which have the ability to remove excess phosphate from wastewater. This new finding may have the potential to improve wastewater purification processes, thereby helping to prevent deleterious plant and algal blooms caused by excessive phosphate in lakes or other bodies of water.

You can read the full abstract, “Detection and Phylogenetic Analysis of Uncultured Rhodocyclaceae Closely Related to the Phosphate Accumulating Bacteria,” here.

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Agricen and University of North Texas to Collaborate on Ag Research
November 28, 2011 — Posted By Agricen

This fall, the University of North Texas and Agricen announced that they will be collaborating on research into plant-microbe relationships in agricultural systems. Employing next-generation sequencing, the joint research program will focus on better understanding the role that microbial diversity plays in building and sustaining crop production.

With this new collaboration, the University of North Texas now joins other Agricen academic research partners, including Auburn University, the University of Kentucky, and Texas A&M University.

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