Saskatoon, SK — November 4, 2025 — Leads & Copy — NRGene Canada has signed its first commercial supply agreement for MaxBSF™ larvae, marking its transition to full-scale commercial operations. The agreement establishes NRGene Canada as a supplier of one-day-old MaxBSF™ larvae to Infinite Harvest Technologies Inc (IHT), a Canadian CleanTech company launching its innovative Bugs4Rent™ technology, which uses BSFL to upcycle AgriFood waste into sustainable, high-value products.
Under the partnership, IHT will scale their waste processing capacity, adding MaxBSF™ as its primary Canadian supplier by 2026, scaling from initial trial volumes that began earlier this year. MaxBSF™ is a novel strain developed by NRGene Canada through the selective crossbreeding of multiple BSF lines sourced globally, identifying and combining progenies with performance advantages for industrial-scale production—a process accelerated by NRGene’s proprietary AI-driven genomics platform. Extensive trials across multiple commercial environments have demonstrated faster growth, better adaptation to diverse feed mixes, and improved feed conversion efficiency.
The commercial launch follows the completion of NRGene Canada’s Saskatoon-based production facility in January 2025. To meet growing demand, NRGene Canada is building a second production facility in Alberta, with 20 times the production capacity of its current Saskatoon operation, scheduled to begin operations in early 2026.
“MaxBSF™ enables every BSF farm to double its productivity without any infrastructure adjustments,” said Gil Ronen, CEO of NRGene. “Our partners can now process twice the volume in the same footprint, turning organic waste into high-value protein more efficiently than was possible before.”
Luis Ortiz, CEO of Infinite Harvest Technologies Inc., said the company has been working with MaxBSF™ larvae for several months, and the performance is exceptional. He added that with MaxBSF™ and their partnership with NRGene Canada, the company can process twice the waste and produce twice the protein, which directly reduces the required on-farm investment and footprint.
NRGene Contact:
Daphna Tako
Marketing Director
daphna.tako@nrgene.com
Source: NRGene Canada
