Onion Trial with Agromaster® in the Netherlands

10

yield increase
Onion trial confirmed the efficiency of CRF when increasing the yield by 10% compared to control.

Lelystad, the Netherlands

Trail

10

yield increase

Key Conclusions

  • Higher total yields – by 10%. Influenced by soil temperature, nitrogen is released according to plant needs and improves the yield by extra 8.2 mt/ha.
  • Higher NUE – Agromaster® provides higher nitrogen use efficiency up to 51 kg of onion per each kg N applied in comparison to classic nitrogen fertilizer.
  • ROI – Up to 2593 €/ha more profit using Agromaster®.  Higher yield brings a consistent profit to farmers and makes Agromaster® a reliable solution for open field crop fertilization.

Objective

To evaluate the performance of Agromaster® 27-0-13.5, 2-3M, 50 % coated N with eqo.x® release technology vs CAN 27N in irrigated onion crop (Allium cepa).

Trial Details

Trial station

Lelystad, the Netherlands

Crop

Onion

Assessments

Yield per hectare measured in mt.

Treatments

The trial was performed with randomized block design with 4 repetitions.

 

TreatmentN products applied Total NPK kg/ha
Control--
CAN + irrigationCAN 27 N160N10 P₂O₅191 K₂O
CRF + irrigationAgromaster® 50% coated N160N

 

Treatments

The trial was performed with randomized block design with 4 repetitions.

 

TreatmentN products applied Total NPK kg/ha
Control--
CAN + irrigationCAN 27 N160N10 P₂O₅191 K₂O
CRF + irrigationAgromaster® 50% coated N160N

 

Results

Comparing to conventional CAN 27 N fertilizer, Agromaster® can provide for higher yield by 10% or 8.2 mt.

 

Yield

ProductsYield (mt)Increase (mt)Increase in %
CAN 27 N84.7--
Agromaster® 27-0-13.592.98.210 %

 

Economic evaluation

TreatmentFertilizer cost €/haGross income €/haIncome minus fertilizer costs €/haROI €/ha
Control No nitrogen€012936 €12936 €-14887
CAN 27 N€ 12827951 €27823 €0
Agromaster® 27-0-13.5€ 24130657 €30416 €+2593

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