Meet Our Makers: Penegetic New Zealand
Natural biotechnology
for intelligent agriculture
Hailing from Switzerland, Penergetic formulates and manufactures a range of certified organic agricultural products distributed to over 40 countries. We talked to Penergetic’s Stuart Chaney about the Penegetic product range and what problem they are trying to solve.
Penergetic’s range of organic biostimulants are used in agriculture to reactivate existing biology back to natural levels by addressing underlying issues causing the biology’s current decline.
Amongst the biggest challenges in modern agriculture is developing sustainable systems that can economically produce food and fibre with little impact on environmental resources. Penergetic harnesses this challenge with a suite of products that use innovative biostimulation technology that increases biological activity in all agricultural sub-systems naturally.
For example, Penergetic’s Soil & Plant products work synergistically to restore and restructure soil and to boost the productivity and nutrition of plants. Soil structures are naturally improved with enriched biological quality, photosynthesis is optimised, and plants grow healthier roots with strengthened immunity. These benefits lead to lower fertiliser requirements, increased climate tolerance, boosted natural resistance to pests & diseases, and sustainable farming.
How effective are the Penergetics biostimulation products?
These scientific studies published in the Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences June 2020, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp.1-7, show in-vitro studies of growth in 2 bacteria (growth-promoting Trichoderma, and nitrogen-fixing Bradyrhizobium) and 2 fungi (Mycorrhizal and Suillus) before and after Penergetic treatment.
Lab results extend to fields & pastures
The above studies document how for four microbiological organisms commonly observed in agriculture, Penergetic biostimulation significantly increases activity.
The same stimulation effect is evident in fields and on crops and pastures, as plants and animals respond to the increased biological activity with higher yields and higher quality products.
Added Penergetic, combined with a rational reduction in fertiliser inputs, gives the stimulated biology an increased chance of survival and reduces environmental impact.
Trials & testimonials
The following local trials were conducted at the BHU Future Farming Centre (Canterbury), indicating significant yield improvements using Penergetic b-Soil & p-Plant, achieving 27% and 13% yield increases:
Winter cabbage: Penergetic over winter cabbage growth trail
Summer Lettuce: Penergetic lettuce trial
This trial, conducted in Waihi, has a 67% increase in total fungi using COMPOST:
Compost production / windrow method
Refer to the website for further scientific reports, field testimonies, and trials – www.penergetic.co.nz
You have a diverse range of products. Can you give us a rundown of the key products in the range, what they do, and who they are for?
Penergetic products are suitable for all agricultural environments, soils, crops, & climates and offer a huge range of benefits:
b-Soil: boosts soil activity, supports biological activity, stimulates fertility, supports root growth, activates humus formation, and helps with soil compaction. (Most effective if used with p-Plant).
p-Plant: promotes increased yields and improves plant quality. It influences soil life, supports root growth, promotes vitality, reduction of use of additives, and is beneficial for the environment.
k-Compost: promotes humus formation and improves the climate in animal housing. It supports fast rotting, improves compost activity, supports humus formation, mitigates barn odours, and helps with flies.
g-Slurry: produces valuable liquid manure. Suitable for dairy and pig manure, it helps to remove layers, reduces requirements for pit agitation, supports homogeneous fertiliser, and abatement of odour.
t-Animal: for sustainable and healthy animal husbandry. It improves digestion, promotes feed conversion, has better fattening results, boosts the immune system, and reduces animal losses.
w-Water: Remediation: reactivates existing water-cleaning microbiology in still water like tanks, dugouts, ponds, reservoirs, dams, and even lakes. Penergetic water works to re-establish equilibrium and overcome previous detrimental conditions.
WATER Restructuring & Revitalisation: the AquaKat range of water-treatment devices can be used anywhere drinking or processed water is used or consumed by humans, animals & plants. The action promotes vitality & supports plant growth, leads to greater feed efficiency with higher water consumption by animals, savings with optimisation of additives, less need for cleaning and reduces non-operating time.