BioWorks partners with DCM Corp. to offer fertilizers

BioWorks Inc., a provider of environmentally responsible, safe and effective growing solutions, announced that it has entered a strategic alliance with DCM Corp. of Belgium, a producer of natural and organic-based fertilizers in Western Europe.

The premier fertilizer product line to be offered by BioWorks in the U.S. will be branded under the trade name Verdanta, and will include organic and organo-mineral fertilizers for professional horticulture and specialty agriculture growers.

According to the company, the fertilizers manufactured by DCM allows BioWorks to offer plant nutrition products that enable growers to cultivate better and healthier crops, save time and money, and provide worker and environmental benefits.

Verdanta fertilizers will initially include two liquid and three granular formulations. The granular fertilizers are developed using the exclusive Minigran Technology – a formulation that provides dust-free, organic and organo-mineral microgranules with a homogeneous composition that assures a uniform nutrient analysis in every granule. BioWorks says it flows freely through all types of application equipment and offers better control of nutrient release. (See video: Verdanta-DCM-Minigran) 

Lori Hoagland, assistant professor of horticulture and landscape architecture at Purdue University, Neil Mattson, assistant professor of horticulture at Cornell University, and Kim Williams, professor of greenhouse management at Kansas State University, recently visited Belgium to tour DCM Corp.’s manufacturing facility, local field and greenhouse growers, and research organizations to learn more about the development and use of these fertilizers in Western Europe.

“I was very impressed with the technology behind these fertilizers and look forward to participating in the evaluation of their performance in the States,” said Williams in a recent press release.

BioWorks plans to offer Verdanta fertilizers to growers of greenhouse ornamentals and vegetables, specialty agriculture, and nursery and landscape plants later in 2012.