February 2, 2004

Nitragin Introduces Optimize Soybean Growth Promoter
 

Nitragin Inc., Milwaukee, introduces Optimize(TM) Soybean Growth Promoter, a natural bacterial compound that accelerates and enhances early season soybean vigor.

"Optimize is more than an inoculant. It is a new growth promoter technology," says Dr. Scott Fleetwork, vice president of marketing and sales with Nitragin. "Optimize stimulates the nodulation process independent of temperature. As a result, it is very effective when used with early planting, and in the cooler soil of conservation tillage systems."

Fleetwood says the patented active ingredient in Optimize is delivered with Nitragin's Cell-Tech(R) inoculant in a liquid form that is applied on soybean seed. The promoter effect of the Optimize active ingredient combined with the quality of the Cell-Tech carrier work directly with soybean plants to maximize nitrogen supply - an opportunity to help growers achieve maximum economic yields.

"U.S. soybean growers are looking for warys to improve their return on investment, yield and quality," Fleetwood says. "In fact, Nitragin has teamed up with the American Soybean Association to educate U.S. producers about ways to improve quality and help regain a competitive edge in global markets. Offshore competition is increasing and that means individual growers, and the U.S. soybean industry in general, have to extract the most value possible from their inputs. Along with improved varieties, the new Optimize promoter technology will help them reach that goal."