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New Appointments to Executive Team

Biolevel Announces New Appointments to Executive Team

The global biological nutrition company aims to drive continued growth through new expertise and leadership

Biolevel Ltd., a global biological nutrition company dedicated to developing and delivering a new generation of products that benefit farmers, has appointed Bill Cordingley as Chief Executive Officer. A senior executive of 19 years at Rabobank Group in both New York and Sydney, Cordingley most recently served as the bank’s Global Head of Grains, Oilseeds and Sugar in its Corporate Finance Group. His wealth of global agribusiness finance experience, and leadership expertise, positions Biolevel for a new phase of rapid growth to become a global biologicals market leader.

“Bill brings his extensive industry knowledge to Biolevel at the right time to lead the company through a period of rapid growth,” said Laurence Berman, Chairman & Co-Founder. “We have had a longstanding relationship with Bill and we are thrilled to bring him into our organization. He’s a well-respected leader with a sharp commercial acumen, a strong track record of building winning teams and establishing deep client relationships, and he has a passion for agriculture.”

“I’m truly excited to take this next step in my career with Biolevel, one of the best early stage agri tech companies I’ve ever seen,” said Cordingley. “Having known the founders for a number of years, I’ve had the privilege of watching them steadily and quietly build their business by focusing on ensuring their products stand out amongst competitors, specifically in terms of strain performance and efficacy, product stability and shelf life, and ease of use for farmers and distributors. There is no other biological product in the market that brings these three crucial pillars together like Biolevel and I’m thrilled to be joining the team on this journey.”

Cordingley will be joined at Biolevel by experienced agrifoodtech marketer Nathalie Gibson, whose role as consultant Marketing Director will have her oversee the company’s integrated marketing strategy, including the upcoming launch of new products. Gibson comes to Biolevel from AgFunder where she was the Head of Partnerships. Prior to that she spent 10 years at Rabobank managing their global innovation platform Foodbytes.

These appointments are a welcomed addition to Biolevel’s executive leadership, which includes the founding members, Laurence Berman, Chairman & Co-Founder, Lutz Glandorf, President & Co-Founder, Ian Robertson, Co-Founder, and the expanded team of Ändrea McVeigh, Chief Technical Officer, and Trevor Shea, Sales Director, North America, as well as a team of agents in Biolevel’s operating markets.

McVeigh is an award-winning agri industry innovator and is listed as an inventor on more than two dozen granted United States agricultural patents. McVeigh will focus on managing the company’s ongoing R&D program, which includes working with universities and commercial partners to validate product efficacy and spearheading ongoing trials in new crops and regions.

Shea has a strong track record of commercial sales success in many industries. In his new role, he will be responsible for brokering distribution partnerships between Biolevel and industry-leading companies in both the United States and Canada. Prior to Biolevel, he successfully founded, grew and operated businesses, including a $500 million gross revenue real estate company, a finance company, and an industrial painting facility for engine blocks and other parts.

“It’s an exciting time of growth for Biolevel,” said Lutz Glandorf, President & Co-Founder. “Having created a portfolio of market leading biological solutions, with unprecedented efficacy and user convenience, we are ready to dramatically scale our commercial operation. Bringing Bill, Nat, Andrea and Trevor to our team is a crucial step on our journey to bring the best bionutrition to farmers all around the world. We are thrilled to have them on board.”

The expansion of the leadership team comes at a critical time for Biolevel — as the company nears a period of rapid growth and change. Having entered the market in 2018, and after years of successful validation trials the company is now scaling its commercial operations in North America, focused primarily on the Corn Belt. Biolevel has signed important strategic partnerships with some of the leading distributors in North America and the United Kingdom, including WinField United, My Yield, Diamond R, Grow Source, Sollio Agromart, and Certis Belchim. Additionally, Biolevel is pursuing a strategy of onboarding independent farmer and agronomist dealers to its distributor network to drive on-farm adoption across the midwest.

Biolevel has spent more than 20 years developing and validating its portfolio of market-leading biologicals for corn, soybeans, potatoes, cereals, and other crops. Biolevel™ biofertilizer products are based on a robust consortium of natural microbes that synergistically unlock nitrogen, solubilize phosphorus and potassium, and promote micronutrient uptake at the root of the plant. They are bred to be highly robust and are tolerant to agronomic, environmental, and logistical stresses. They are formulated in powdered or liquid form to be applied conveniently as either seed treatments, in the planter box or with additional fertilizer or pesticide inputs. Biolevel products have a market leading two-year shelf life, and require no refrigeration or additional fermentation, making them the most convenient to use in the market. Biolevel products are also a proven, safe, and reliable contributor to reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions from farming.

Biolevel bionutrition products are available from an expanding network of retailers in North America, Europe and Africa. For more information, visit biolevel.net. To stay in the loop on the latest news and announcements, please follow Biolevel on LinkedIn and subscribe on YouTube.

About Biolevel

Biolevel Ltd. is dedicated to developing and delivering a new generation of biological nutrition products that support the real-world practices of farmers around the globe. Founded by Laurence Berman, Ian Robertson, and Lutz Glandorf, Biolevel was born out of a need for more consistent and convenient bionutrition products that could better withstand the variety of harsh conditions farmers face in the storage, application and use of biological products. After more than 20 years of development, R&D, and validation, Biolevel’s market-leading biologicals for corn, soybeans, potatoes, cereal, and other crops — MaizeNP™ and PhosN™ biofertilizers — were commercialized in Europe, North America, and Africa. Biolevel plans to expand the application and distribution of its products to other crops, including cereals, canola, sunflower, tomatoes, and other fruits and vegetables. Biolevel can be found on LinkedIn and YouTube.

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Biolevel Expands Distribution with My Yield

Biolevel Expands Distribution of its Ag Bionutrition Platform with My Yield

My Yield offers nationwide distribution of customized seed treatment systems that empower farmers to maximize ROI

Biolevel and My Yield announced today that My Yield will distribute Biolevel™ bionutrition products for use in My Yield’s customized treatment solutions. The partnership expands the availability of Biolevel products to farmers and seed dealers across the U.S.

“Following four years of North American trials and the full commercial North American launch of our product platform in February, we are proud to work with My Yield as a recognized leader in customized seed treatment application and solutions,” said Laurence Berman, Biolevel founder and chairman. “My Yield’s focus on the safe handling and accurate application of seed treatments to ensure the best performance for the grower makes them a great partner for Biolevel.”

My Yield collaborates with farmers and seed dealers across the United States to deploy comprehensive, customizable seed treatment solutions to improve the grower’s ROI.

Biolevel MaizeNP™ biofertilizer for corn and PhosN™ biofertilizer for soybeans cycle nutrients in the soil to supply more balanced nutrition to crops by fixing nitrogen and releasing phosphorous, potassium and micronutrients. Their products were launched in North America following more than 20 years of selective breeding of native, beneficial strains of microbes and commercialization in Europe and Africa. Their multistrain bionutrition products have been formulated to synergistically provide superior stress tolerance to environmental, agronomic and logistical stresses.

“After thoroughly evaluating multiyear, multilocation performance trials of Biolevel products as well as running our own field trials, we are excited to now offer Biolevel to our growers and dealers,” said Charlie McKenna, My Yield director of sales. “My Yield is focused on making seed treatment as profitable as possible for the grower. The Biolevel team has developed a strong portfolio for improving nutrient availability that helps our growers get the most out of their soils, which is directly aligned with our mission here.”

Biolevel products have been productized for convenience. Both PhosN and MaizeNP are available as a liquid seed treatment or soluble powder. MaizeNP is also offered as a planter box treatment. The products contain ultrahigh concentrations of microbes, have a two-year shelf life, and do not require refrigeration or additional fermentation. Their liquid seed treatments have a three-month shelf life on the seed.

For more information on Biolevel products, go to biolevel.net or contact your local My Yield representative. More information on My Yield can be found at empoweringfarmers.com.

About Biolevel

Media contact: Jennifer Parsons | jen@prsnspr.com

MaizeNP™ Now OMRI Listed

Biolevel MaizeNP Bionutrition Receives OMRI Listing

Provides organic farmers with a powerful tool for more wholistic natural nutrition

Today, Biolevel Ltd. announced it has received notification from the Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI) that MaizeNP™ soluble powder is listed by OMRI for organic corn production in the U.S. MaizeNP is a new multistrain, stress-tolerant bionutrition product that fixes nitrogen and releases phosphorous, potassium and micronutrients from the soil to make more balanced nutrition readily available to corn.

“MaizeNP provides corn crops N, P and K nature’s way,” said Laurence Berman, Biolevel chairman and founder. “By being OMRI Listed, MaizeNP will now offer organic farmers more consistent, more convenient balanced nutrition to help boost yields. All farmers continue to be challenged with more efficient and effective ways to deliver sustainable nutrition to maximize crop production. Being OMRI Listed means organic and conventional farmers alike will now have a tremendous tool to achieve more wholistic nutrient cycling in their soils.”

Biolevel has spent more than 20 years developing its bionutrition product platform, focusing on creating synergistic, multistrain products that are more consistent and convenient than current offerings. The company’s proprietary productization process has produced multistrain biological nutrition products that are more tolerant to agronomic, environmental and logistical stresses, do not require refrigeration or additional on-site fermentation, and are shelf stable for two years. Biolevel currently offers MaizeNP for corn and PhosN for soybeans, both of which are now OMRI Listed.

MaizeNP soluble powder is compatible with a variety of soil-applied dry or liquid products, including biostimulants, to achieve more consistent, more balanced nutrition to provide greater yield potential. MaizeNP is also available as either a dry planter box treatment or liquid seed treatment. Biolevel anticipates receiving OMRI listing for the additional formulations in the near future.

Biolevel products are available from a growing list of retailers in the U.S. For more information and to receive a limited-time introductory trial offer, go to biolevel.net.

About Biolevel

Media contact: Jennifer Parsons | jen@prsnspr.com

Biolevel Solves Bionutrition Challenges

Biolevel solves ag biological nutrition challenges with new product platform

Next-gen bionutrition products offer more consistent performance for enhanced yield potential with convenient application options

Today, global ag biologicals company Biolevel Ltd. announced the North American launch of two bionutrition products—MaizeNP™ biofertilizer for corn and PhosN™ biofertilizer for soybeans—to provide farmers more consistent results and convenient application options. Unlike other bionutrition products, the array of microbes in Biolevel™ brand products fix nitrogen and release crop-available phosphorous, potassium and micronutrients locked in soils.

Biolevel has spent more than 25 years developing its products, focusing on four fundamental development and productization strategies: multi-strain product design; selective microbial breeding for synergy; selective microbial breeding for stress tolerance; and product stabilization and formulation.

“No other company has done what Biolevel has done,” said Laurence Berman, Biolevel chairman and founder. “By selectively breeding eight key microbial strains to work together, Biolevel has created products that contain a critical mass of biodiverse microbes to eliminate antagonism and be more tolerant to agronomic, environmental and logistical stresses.

“Effective bionutrition is not about applying a couple of microbes that fix nitrogen or solubilize phosphorous,” said Berman. “It’s about using synergistic sets of native, beneficial microbes that consistently deliver wholistic nutrient cycling in the soil regardless of soil type, growing environment or production system.”

Biolevel products help improve overall soil health by improving its biological balance to make nutrients more available to crops. “Our products can be viewed as a probiotic for the soil,” said Berman. “They inoculate fields to help rebuild the genetic diversity of native, beneficial microbes that have been depleted in farmers’ fields and restricted the yield potential of today’s high-yielding hybrids and varieties.”

Consistency

The biodiverse sets of soil microbes in Biolevel products have been bred to provide unique benefits regardless of soil types, crop and growing conditions. The products, which are formulated according to specific crop nutrient needs, perform in a wider range of pH levels, in aerobic and anaerobic soils, and can withstand higher chlorine levels. The benefits have been proven in trials, demonstrating higher win rates than those of single- or dual-strain competitive products.

“The challenge growers have faced with the first generation of bionutrition products is lack of consistency,” said Berman. “Thanks to the biodiverse, synergistic consortium of microbes in our products, farmers can start their long-term winning streak.”

Convenience

Biolevel has capitalized on its manufacturing excellence in productization to design its products for grower convenience. They can be applied as a seed treatment, planter box treatment, with dry or liquid fertilizers, or in combination with other soil-applied biologicals or pesticides. They do not require refrigeration, have an extended shelf life and are ready to use with no on-site fermentation or blending. On treated seed, Biolevel tests have shown that the microbes stay viable for over three months. They are non-GMO, and Biolevel PhosN is OMRI certified and MaizeNP is awaiting certification.

“Our products deliver a high number of colony-forming units in ultra-low doses, meaning growers get more bang for their buck compared to other biological treatments,” said Berman.

Production-scale results

In 2023, central Iowa farmer Brett Handsaker conducted a reduced-nitrogen, split-planter trial across 473 acres using MaizeNP and a nitrogen-only competitive product. Despite being a dry year, Handsaker experienced remarkable results. “MaizeNP, at $13/acre, increased my yields by 19.7 bu/acre versus the more expensive nitrogen-only biological,” he said. “When you add up the increased yield with the nitrogen cost savings, incorporating Biolevel into my corn program makes sense.”

The company has commercialized products in Europe and Africa, and has been conducting on-farm, university and retailer trials for four years across a range of soil types, fertility levels, and growing conditions in North America.

“There is a lot of interest in reducing fertility costs,” said Berman. “We have demonstrated consistent success in achieving at least normal yield under reduced N rates and in many cases increased yields. Growers who aren’t looking to reduce N can push their yield curve higher by using standard rates, thanks to our superior activity on multiple nutrients.”

Biolevel MaizeNP and PhosN can be purchased from a growing network of retailers in the U.S. and Canada. For more information, to purchase or to make a dealership inquiry, go to biolevel.net.

About Biolevel

Media contact: Jennifer Parsons | jen@prsnspr.com