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February 25, 2013 — Posted By Agricen

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Today, we are proud to begin introducing ourselves as Agricen, a Loveland Products company. As Agricen, just as when we were Advanced Microbial Solutions (AMS), we will continue to provide growers with innovative plant nutrition technologies to increase nutrient availability and uptake, improve sustainability and increase yields—technologies that are helping crop producers feed a growing world.

Why have we changed our name?

Motivated by the scale, scope and sophistication of what we are doing now and the expansion we anticipate in the future, the new name reflects our transition and growth as a leader in the delivery of innovative, effective and sustainable plant nutrition tools. One example of that growth: Five years ago, we were producing just 130,000 gallons of Accomplish LM per year. Today, we produce 3 million gallons annually, and that number just keeps growing. The name also better reflects our relationship with Loveland Products, a strategic partner since August 2012. Agricen currently produces two of Loveland Products’ fastest growing plant nutrition brands, Accomplish LM and Titan PBA.

As Agricen, we will continue to innovate new, effective technologies that enable growers to adapt to the rapidly evolving requirements of modern agriculture, including the demand for more efficiency and sustainability in plant nutrition programs.

Along with the name change, we are also marking our first commercial product shipments from our new, state-of-the-art production facility located in Denton, Texas, which began this winter.

You can read the full press release here.

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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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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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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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