This story was originally published in St. Louis Magazine on April 28, 2026.
An agtech company is expanding its footprint in the St. Louis region with more than $7 million in new investment and plans to add more than 40 jobs.
Agricultural technology company Pivot Bio said Tuesday it will establish an operations and manufacturing hub in Hazelwood and a research, development and innovation center in Creve Coeur’s 39 North AgTech Innovation District. Together, the facilities are intended to support production, packaging, distribution and continued development of Pivot Bio’s crop nutrition products.
Pivot Bio is developing and commercializing crop nutrition technology it says is more climate friendly and efficient to use than existing options for growers, focused on microbial-based alternatives to traditional synthetic nitrogen fertilizers. The firm was founded in 2011 in California. Pivot Bio said the expansion comes as farmers face rising fertilizer costs and market volatility, prompting the company to increase U.S.-based manufacturing capacity and supply reliability.
“We’re focused on helping bring more certainty back to the farm,” Pivot Bio CEO Chris Abbott said in a statement. “By investing in U.S.-based innovation and production in the Greater St. Louis area, we’re strengthening our ability to deliver reliable nitrogen solutions at scale.”
