Streamlining work practices and making operations easier to carry out can also bring savings of time, energy and effort. However, changing from what you always do to a new approach can be daunting and it’s easy to see differences as difficulties.
At first glance the OptiYield approach to soil analysis and crop nutrition recommendations may appear more complex than what you may be used to. While research confirms this to be a highly effective approach to minimising inputs to deliver the maximum yield possible, we recognise that you may like the concept but want a more straightforward solution.
Our research also led to the development of a simplified approach that follows the 80:20 rule, in that 80% of the benefits can be gained by undertaking 20% of the process.
Having identified the crop’s nutritional demands for growth and development at each stage and over-laying this information on ‘UK average’ soil nutritional levels, the ‘gap’ between the two becomes the OptiYield Core programme.
The systematic way that the OptiYield Core programme builds nutrient availability through the season ensures that soil deficiencies are overcome through the regular application of foliar nutrients and complimentary biostimulants.
While this is a more ‘blanket’ approach, it allows crop types and fields to be blocked together for treatment applications, allowing best use to be made of weather opportunities, while minimising tractor miles and tank washes.