Author: bionature

For the second year running Tim Lamyman has set a new UK wheat yield record hitting an astonishing 14.5t/ha

The YEN has been set up to foster and energise innovation in the arable industry and understand how bigger yields can be produced.  YEN encourage novel approaches to crop husbandry and explore new ideas from the farm and from industry.

Bionature are please to support Tim Lamymans blue sky thinking which in turns adds value to the agricultural industry, we hope all those farmers out there who would like to push their own yields will at least try these products for themselves. Contact me at patrick@bionatureagriculture.com or call me on 07796 947182.

Using NHKDelta ad 1-4-ALL along with specialist fertilizer from our range “Rainbow Wave” and “Calflux” Tim Lamyman at Worlaby Farms on Wednesday 23rd of July 2014 set a new World Record Oil seed Crop Yield of 6.14 tonnes/ha (2.5t/ac).

Eight farmers conducted sugar beet trials using a standard sugar beet variety against a new sugar beet variety. One of the growers used our Delta foliar nitrogen fertilizer, applying low volumes over multiple applications through the growing season. Yields were up by over 30% using Delta and sugar was up by as much as 15%.

Calflux was applied to white cabbage during the growing season at a rate of between 1 and 2 litres per ha, receiving no more than 6 litres/ha during the growth of the crop.

The cabbage was over wintered in cold storage. When the cabbage came out for processing and packing in March/ April the Calflux treated crop suffered less wastage of outer leaves and when packed benefited from longer shelf life.

The crop was also sent away for Tissue analysis and comparisons made between those treated and those untreated (control)

Calflux does not contain these trace elements and the result found here may reflect the fact that the crop is growing healthily and is better able to scavenge from the soil these elements.

White cabbage tissue analysis Control, note iron levels are 362 mg/kg  Most elements show here have increased when treated with Calflux, the iron has increased by over 700% 

Evidence showed that Calflux treated white cabbage when processed after over wintering had an extended shelf life than those untreated white cabbage.

There was also some evidence that appearance of treated cabbage was better than those untreated, the treated cabbbage was a little greener.

Also untreated cabbage once processed showed slight oxidation (browning) on part of the leaf edge where the treated cabbage did not.