Fertiliser firm prepares for Brazil trial

Organic fertiliser company Plant Impact is preparing to begin field tests on its products in Brazil.

The Preston-based firm has entered into a partnership with the global agribusiness group Sygenta for the work in South America.

Plant Impact plans to test its ecologically friendly nutrition and crop protection products - known as PiNT and CaT, with cotton, soybean, coffee and corn crops.

Every year Brazilian farmers cultivate around 38 million hectares of these crops. Plant Impact anticipates that the trials will initially open up its products to farmers responsible for 4.6 million hectares.

Chief executive Peter Blezard said: “This is an excellent development for the company. Brazil is a very important agricultural country and for Plant Impact to have key partners in such a significant agricultural market is tremendous news.

“Plant Impact started developing commercial relationships with the Brazilian market last year and the field trials with Syngenta are evidence of the progress made to date.”

The AIM-listed firm also revealed that it had the support of the state-owned agricultural research body EMBRAPA.

The research group will conduct official independent trials into important Brazilian crops as well as providing further support for the registration of the north west firm’s technologies.

Plant Impact has built its successful business on producing new technology for sustainable agriculture in an ecologically-friendly way.

The company aims to use the approach to meet the global food demand as it increases throughout the 21st century.

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