Advancing Eco Agriculture and Growers Edge back BioCoat Gold with a positive ROI guarantee. Farmers who enroll get a 100% refund or credit if BioCoat Gold doesn't pay for itself. JOHNSTON, IOWA, Oct. 28, 2026: Advancing Eco Agriculture (AEA) has partnered with Growers Edge to offer the BioCoat Gold Guarantee, a performance warranty backed by the Growers Edge Crop Plan Warranty. If BioCoat Gold doesn't produce enough additional yield over an untreated control to cover the cost of the product, enrolled farmers receive a refund or credit. The guarantee covers wheat, corn, soybeans and cotton. Orders over $10,000 qualify for a 100% refund, and orders under $10,000 qualify for a 100% credit. BioCoat Gold is a dry mycorrhizal inoculant applied directly to seed. It's designed to support even germination, early root development and seedling vigor. The Crop Plan Warranty lets input manufacturers stand behind how their products perform in the field. Farmers can try BioCoat Gold on their own acres without carrying the full cost if it underperforms, and AEA can put its confidence in the product in writing. "We know farming is inherently risky and unpredictable. Growers don't need any added uncertainty. So when we are confident that a product like BioCoat Gold is going to work, we want growers to know that as clearly as possible. That's where the Growers Edge Crop Plan Warranty has been so valuable. We can get a high-performing product into their hands while we share the risk. It's a win-win," said Eric Girdler, AEA's CEO. For wheat, the warranty program price is $10.36 per acre at a standard rate of 90 grams per acre. Corn, soybeans and cotton are also eligible at $4.20, $6.55 and $4.67 per acre. To qualify, farmers enroll through their AEA rep, submit field boundaries for enrolled acres, and apply BioCoat Gold on-seed at standard rates. New customers treat a minimum of 500 acres. Existing customers increase their prior-year purchase by 50% (minimum 500 acres total) or commit 90% of their farmed acres. Performance is measured with side-by-side strip trials comparing treated and untreated acres under identical management. If the results show BioCoat Gold didn't cover its cost, the farmer requests a warranty review and receives the refund or credit. Results are verified with yield data from the farmer's own machinery data, so the outcome is based on what happened in the field. Full program requirements, trial design and exclusions are available at advancingecoag.com/land/warranty-biocoat-gold. Farmers can contact their AEA rep to enroll. Advancing Eco Agriculture (AEA) empowers farmers through scalable regenerative agriculture solutions that create extraordinary results. Founded in 2006, AEA is dedicated to increasing yields, crop performance, and farm profitability; while reducing or eliminating the need for pesticides and fertilizers that inhibit natural growing systems. The company has helped thousands of growers implement regenerative agricultural practices and unique crop plans on more than four million acres globally. For more information, please visit https://advancingecoag.com/. About Growers Edge Growers Edge provides modern financial products and data-driven tools that help forward-thinking agricultural retailers, manufacturers, and lenders reduce their growers' risks and costs when adopting newer, innovative solutions and practices. For more information on offerings from Growers Edge, visit growersedge.com. Media Contact Growers Edge Earns Great Place To Work Certification(TM) for the Fifth Time Carbonwave's Sarga Agriscience Partners with Growers Edge to Launch Performance-Backed Biological Program for Tomato Growers MyLand Partners with Growers Edge to Introduce Performance-Backed Model for Specialty Crops

AEA named to Fast Company's list of World's Most Innovative Companies 2026. AEA ranked as one of the most innovative companies in Agriculture by Fast Company Middlefield, OH (March 24, 2026) - Advancing Eco Agriculture (AEA) is proud to have been named to Fast Company's list of the World's Most Innovative Companies of 2026. This year's list shines a spotlight on businesses that are shaping industry and culture through their innovations. AEA has a singular focus on its vision of making 80% of global agriculture regenerative by 2040. It has been working towards that end by empowering farmers with innovative, science-backed tools and solutions to enable them to implement regenerative agriculture at scale. This year, its twentieth anniversary, AEA took its biggest steps yet in enabling the rapid scaling of successful regenerative agriculture with the release of FieldLark AI, the world's first large language model built specifically for regenerative agriculture, Pinion(TM), its first disease-control product, which has performed comparably to conventional fungicides against powdery mildew on grapes, and Groundwork Consulting, to bring its services to more growers globally. "We're proud to be trailblazers in agriculture," said Eric Girdler, CEO of AEA. "But innovation for its own sake isn't enough: our team is laser-focused on bringing value to farms and creating solutions that help growers become more profitable and sustainable." In the collective consciousness, regenerative agriculture can be dismissed as folksy, simplistic, and regressive. This is flat-out wrong. Innovation and technology are essential to succeeding in regenerative growing, especially at the large scale needed for it to become the global norm. AEA has always embraced the most cutting-edge technology - from sap analysis to soil DNA sequencing to large language models - that will help regenerative growers succeed. To determine honorees for the World's Most Innovative Companies, Fast Company's editors and writers review companies driving progress around the world and across industries, evaluating thousands of submissions through a competitive application process. The result is a globe-spanning guide to innovation today, from early-stage startups to some of the most valuable companies in the world. "Our list of the Most Innovative Companies is about spotlighting organizations that don't just adapt to change - they drive it," said Brendan Vaughan, editor-in-chief of Fast Company. "The companies we honor this year are redefining what leadership looks like in 2026, pairing bold ideas with measurable impact and turning breakthrough innovation into real-world value. They are setting the pace for their industries and offering a blueprint for what sustained innovation can achieve." The full list of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies honorees can now be found at fastcompany.com. It will also be available on newsstands beginning March 31, 2026. ABOUT ADVANCING ECO AGRICULTURE Advancing Eco Agriculture (AEA) empowers farmers through scalable regenerative agriculture solutions that create extraordinary results. Founded in 2006, AEA is dedicated to increasing yields, crop performance, and farm profitability; while reducing or eliminating the need for pesticides and fertilizers that inhibit natural growing systems. The company has helped thousands of growers implement regenerative agricultural practices and unique crop plans on more than four million acres globally. ABOUT FAST COMPANY Fast Company is the only media brand fully dedicated to the vital intersection of business, innovation, and design, engaging the most influential leaders, companies, and thinkers on the future of business. Headquartered in New York City, Fast Company is published by Mansueto Ventures LLC, along with fellow business publication Inc. For more information, please visit fastcompany.com.