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AGTIV® delivers on its promise to clients! Explore the articles and success stories below to learn how. If you are interested in a specific topic, crop or active ingredient, select it by clicking on the filter on the right.

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Growing Together with AGTIV®: A Message for Farmers, Retailers, and Partners

Discover how AGTIV® strengthens partnerships and drives agricultural success in 2025 with innovative biological products that boost crop performance. Reflecting on 2024's achievements, we thank our partners and introduce new tools, resources, and opportunities for the coming season.
AGTIV®: Your Partner in Growth and Abundance this Planting Season

With the arrival of spring, farmers everywhere are gearing up for another season of growth and abundance. And here at AGTIV®, we're thrilled to be your partner in planting success!
Active ingredients in agriculture
Active ingredients in agriculture : The key to success

Learn how the addition of biological active ingredients, such as beneficial fungi and bacteria, helps stimulate and improve the health of agricultural soils and increases crop yields.
AGTIV season kickoff 2024
Maximizing Agricultural Potential in 2024 with AGTIV®

  • Celebrating 100 Years, and Beyond
  • Key Highlights from the AGTIV® Product Portfolio
  • New Innovations for Potato Producers
  • Success Factor for Canola and Cereals Producers
Serendipita from microscope
Increase Yield and Quality of Canola Crops and Their Seed Oil Content Naturally

Learn about the many benefits of Serendipita in agriculture, including improved photosynthesis, improved absorption of essential nutrients, and improved water management by plants. 
Have a Good 2023 Season
Have a Good 2023 Season!

Marc Béland, Senior Director - Agriculture at Premier Tech, is wishing everyone a great 2023 season!

Learn what's new at AGTIV this year!
AGTIV 2023 Season Launch
Season 2023 Brings a Wind of Change at AGTIV®!

  • New technologies
  • New product names
  • Same efficacy
2022. The Passion of Innovation. The Will to Make it Better.
2022. The passion of innovation. The will to make it better.

  • New products: AGTIV® ON SEED™ and Active ingredient for Canola
  • New applications
  • Same high-quality inoculants!
Glomalin from microscope
Soil structure and health with AGTIV mycorrhizal fungi and glomalin

To get healthy crops, it is important to have a healthy soil, which starts with a good soil structure. A good soil structure brings several benefits.
Active Ingredients at the Heart of Innovation at Premier Tech
Active Ingredients at the Heart of Innovation at Premier Tech

Find out how Premier Tech has been able to implement the investments, the infrastructure and partnerships needed to develop mycorrhizal fungi and other natural active ingredients. 
Tips on how to store and handle AGTIV® Inoculants
AGTIV® Inoculant Storage And Handling

Get our tips on storage and handling of AGTIV® inoculants to maintain maximum viability and the physico-chemical properties of the products.
Improving phosphorus use efficiency in agriculture
How can you increase phosphorus use efficiency in agriculture?

Learn how AGTIV® mycorrhizal inoculants help plants achieve higher yields by improving P uptake, along with many other well-documented benefits.
Approved For Use In Organic Agriculture
Did you know? AGTIV® inoculants are eligible for organic production

Discover AGTIV® products made with biological ingredients and how our experts help growers use mycorrhizae and rhizobium inoculants in organic production.
Making high-quality inoculants
Making High-Quality Inoculants

  • Strain Selection
  • Quality Control
  • In-field Results
What’s new for 2021 AGTIV inoculants!
What’s new for 2021

  • New products
  • New applications
  • Same high-quality inoculants!
Reach more with AGTIV reliable inoculants (mycorrhizae and rhizobium)
REACH MORE with AGTIV®

Using a Premier Tech mycorrhizal inoculant, plants develop a secondary root system (mycorrhizal hyphae) leading to increased soil contact surface for better nutrients and water uptake. REACH more profitability with healthier crops!
Mycorrhizae in crop rotation
Why is crop rotation considered a good agricultural practice?

  1. Increase Soil Fertility
  2. Get Better Nitrogen Use
  3. Improve Soil Structure
  4. Prevent Soil Erosion
  5. Increase Crop Yields
AGTIV makes a difference for Kevin's soybean fields, leading to increased yields and plant health.
"FROM 3 TO 8 BU/AC ON MOST SOYBEAN FIELDS"

Kevin Ross
Cash crop farmer
Ontario (Canada)
AGTIV makes a difference for "healthier plants in many different weather conditions".
"INCREASING OUR BOTTOM LINE BY USING IT"

Brad Fife
Cash crop farmer
Ontario (Canada)
AGTIV makes a difference by helping Matt Beischlag manage drought and wet seasons.
"JUST NORMAL PRACTICE TO PUT THIS PRODUCT IN WITH OUR SEED"

Matt Beischlag
Cash crop farmer
Ontario (Canada)
AGTIV makes a difference "for better nutrient uptake and healthier plants which produce more peas".
"[WE] APPLY IT TO OUR CROP TO GET IT OFF TO A GOOD START"

Brad Fife
Cash crop farmer, including peas & lima beans for Bonduelle
Ontario (Canada)
Mycorrhizae to stimulate soil’s biology
Looking for strategies to improve soil health and biodiversity?

Learn more about how to stimulate your soil’s biology with mycorrhizal inoculant.
AGTIV makes a difference by increasing access to water and immobile nutrients.
"THE ORGANIC INDUSTRY IS IN A BIG TRANSITION"

Dale Hicks
Retail Seed Business – Hickseed Ltd.
Saskatchewan (Canada)
AGTIV makes a difference for the pea growers' final yield results.
"THE RESULTS WE'VE SEEN WITH AGTIV HAVE REALLY BEEN AMAZING"

Jennifer Thompson
Agriculture Manager for Bonduelle
Ontario (Canada)
AGTIV makes a difference for Chris Stasko' potato crop quality and yield.
"CONSISTENT PRODUCT, CONSISTENT RESULTS"

Chris Stasko
Potato Farmer
Leamington, Ontario (Canada)
Mycorrhizae for better soil structure
Did you know that mycorrhizae improve soil quality?

Learn more about how the mycorrhizal inoculant contributes to better soil structure.
From innovation to highly efficient agriculture products
How Premier Tech brings real value to growers

Strongly embedded in our DNA, Premier Tech’s innovation program has supported the creation and continuous improvement of our high-quality AGTIV® product offer.
AGTIV makes a difference for Taylor Holmes' business and growers ROI.
"MORE MARKETABLE YIELD FOR GROWERS"

Taylor Holmes
Certified Crop Advisor & Sales Agronomist, Holmes Agro
Redickville, Ontario (Canada)
Tripartite symbiosis to improve crop productivity
TRIPARTITE SYMBIOSIS = BIGGER YIELD

How can the tripartite symbiosis improve crop productivity?
Mycorrhizae and plant drought resistance
Did you know that mycorrhizae are efficient in drougth situations?

Learn more about this beneficial mycorrhizal inoculant.
Roots colonized with AGTIV rhizobium inoculant
What's new in rhizobium inoculant?

New liquid inoculants to give all growers access to the AGTIV® high-quality rhizobium inoculant in the formulation they need for pulses and soybeans.
AGTIV makes a difference for Jay Toews' end yield.
"THE LEADER IN OUR FIELD SCALE TRIAL"

Jay Toews
Pulse & cereal grower
Peace Country, Alberta (Canada)
Absorptive area of mycorrhizal hyphae
Why is Glomus intraradices a superior strain?

  • Quick colonizer
  • Good collaborator
  • Better for P uptake & transfer
AGTIV crop rotation inoculants
Why think about soil biology?

  • Reach more nutrients & water
  • Ensure an early P uptake
  • Increase your yield potential

 
Premier Tech's Expertise
PREMIER TECH’S EXPERTISE IN BIOLOGICAL ACTIVE INGREDIENTS

Did you know that AGTIV® was born from Premier Tech's know-how & innovation in biological active ingredients? 

 
Mycorrhizae for water use efficiency

Learn how mycorrhizae help plants uptake more water from the soil
Success story of Chris Karren

" […] an excellent return on my investment."

 
Success story of Ray Horlings

"We are excited about the results we’ve gotten!"
Success story of Dominique Bard & Amélie Tremblay

"An investment that easily pays for itself!"

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