Agrocote Onion Trial increases yield

8

Yield increase
In an ICL onion trial, Agrocote increased marketable yield by 8%, providing a positive return of investment.

Spalding, UK
2023

Trail

8

Yield increase

Key Conclusions

In this trial Agrocote and Agrocote/AN outperformed the standard farm practice, the application of Agrocote and AN increased the yield by 320kg per Ha and the 100% Agrocote improved the yield 1.76 m/t over the Standard Farm Practice.

By using Agrocote Max, the nitrogen losses reduced significantly, increasing crop yield and marketable yield by over 8%.

Objective

The purpose of this trial was to evaluate vigor, yield and quality by comparing Controlled Release Fertilisers (CRF) (Agrocote Max Nitrogen) to ammonium nitrate (AN) on a UK onion crop.

Trial Details

Trial station

Spalding, UK

Product

Agrocote

Assessments

Yield improvement and marketable yield

Treatments

The trial looked at 100% CRF and 66% CRF plus AN.

Treatments

The trial looked at 100% CRF and 66% CRF plus AN.

Results