Collaboration to Optimize Manufacturing Processes for a Key Agricultural Soil Amendment

BOSTON and PLANO, Texas, Dec. 17, 2025

Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA, “Ginkgo”), a provider of research and development services and tools for biological product development and Agricen, a leader in the development and commercialization of novel biological and soil amendment solutions for plant nutrition and health, today announced the successful completion of their initial collaboration to develop and optimize a low-cost, efficient fermentation process for complex bacterial strains used as a component in one of Agricen’s soil amendment products.

Growers are increasingly adopting biological solutions to help them improve crop yield, quality and stress resistance while also maintaining the integrity and sustainability of their soil. For over 20 years, Agricen has been developing and commercializing solutions to meet those needs, including through the development of novel biological and soil amendment technologies that increase nutrient availability in the soil, improve crop uptake of essential nutrients, help plants better tolerate abiotic stress and enhance soil biome function.

The new collaboration with Ginkgo enables Agricen to produce microbes in one of its soil amendment products faster and more efficiently, highlighting the value of Ginkgo’s technologies in helping agriculture companies gain efficiencies at later stages of product development.

“At Ginkgo, we understand the urgency for next-generation agricultural solutions that can support growers, consumers and the planet,” said Michael Miille, General Manager of Ginkgo’s agriculture business unit. “It has been a pleasure to work alongside our partners at Agricen to deliver an optimized process that allows them to continue to focus on the development of biological solutions important to crop production.”