The Bottom Line Podcast | Fertilizer Takeaways for Profitability

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Episode 6: Season Recap

Key Takeaways

Mid-Season Foliar Applications are easy-to-use foliar programs boost nutrient efficiency, crop performance, and ROI.
Toll Blending & Custom Packaging is flexible blending and packaging deliver fast, high-quality, custom solutions for any operation.
pH modifiers paired with biostimulants improve nutrient uptake, increase yields, and reduce input rates.
Nova PeKacid efficiently delivers P and K while cleaning irrigation systems and improving water quality.
Polysulphate is a multi-nutrient efficiency drives higher yields, strong ROI, and repeat use across crop types.

In this podcast recap, we highlight some key takeaways from this season’s Bottom Line Podcast. With a focus on profitability and growing more with less, here are some of the highlights that can benefit your business.

Maximize Crop Performance with Mid-Season Foliar Applications

Simple, integrated foliar applications help growers boost nutrient efficiency, crop performance, and profitability.

Easy to implement for both retailers and farmers.
High-quality, highly compatible Nova products integrate easily with routine crop management passes (fungicides, herbicides, growth regulators).
Cost-effective way to improve nutrient uptake, efficiency, and ROI, especially when paired with biostimulants.

“Foliar applications are very easy for a retail distributor to implement and very easy for a farmer to implement as well.”

Tailored Toll Blending and Custom Packaging

Provides flexible solutions, fast delivery, and consistent product quality for all crop types and operations.

Packaging options from pints to bulk truckloads.
Custom solutions for hydroponics and specialty crops.
Fast turnaround and strong regulatory support.

“It’s the flexibility and the quality and timely shipments that we’re doing for these folks.”

Boost Nutrient Efficiency with pH Modifiers and Biostimulants

Innovative pairings improve nutrient uptake and crop yields while reducing input rates.

Pairing Agrolution pHLow with biostimulants or enhanced nutrient fertilizers like BIOZ Diamond enhances phosphorus use efficiency and yields.
Trials show 11–16% higher P use efficiency, 4% corn yield increase, and 9.3% soybean yield increase.
Using micronutrients with biostimulants allows lower rates with higher uptake and ROI.

“You can actually apply a smaller amount of the actual micronutrient and get a lot higher intake into the plant, thereby a higher return on investment.”

Efficient Phosphorus and Potassium Delivery with Nova PeKacid

Delivers P and K efficiently with minimal residue, while cleaning irrigation systems for optimal performance.

Nova PeKacid 0-60-20 is a fast-soluble acid formulation delivering P and K efficiently while keeping pipes and drippers clean.
Minimal residue and conditions irrigation systems; ideal for alkaline soils or high pH, poor quality irrigation water.
Easy to apply as a concentrated formulation as a liquid, dry, or in various analyses in the Agrolution pHLow line.

“This product can be delivered to the end user as a concentrated formulation and also has the unique ability to not only deliver P and K but also condition water and clean drip systems.”

Increase Yield and Profitability with Polysulphate

Polysulphate provides multi-nutrient efficiency that supports higher yields and long-term profitability across multiple crops.

High customer retention due to visible ROI.
Effective on commodity and specialty crops (fruits, vegetables, potatoes, almonds).
Flexible and nutrient-efficient for multiple fields and seasons.
Polysulphate has four nutrients (S, K, Ca & Mg); and it’s not limited to just commodity crops like corn or soybeans; it’s also proven in specialty crops.

“For the first year a farmer will dedicate a field to Polysulphate, but then they’ll come back the following year and dedicate two, three, or four fields.”

So what is the bottom line? Using a strategic, integrated approach with specialty products—such as foliar applications, biostimulants, pH modifiers, Nova PeKacid, and Polysulphate—growers can improve nutrient efficiency, boost yields, and maximize ROI across a variety of crops.

The Bottom Line, with Britt Murray, Marketing Manager, is ICL’s video podcast series delivering quick, expert-driven crop nutrition insights—in ten minutes or less. Each episode features one topic, and one goal: to end up where it matters most, the bottom line. Listen to more episodes!