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World Record Oilseed Rape Yield Achieved with Bionature-Fuelled Nutrition Program

Lincolnshire farmer Tim Lamyman has set a new world record for oilseed rape yield, powered by a cutting-edge nutrition strategy developed in partnership with Bionature.

This remarkable achievement is the culmination of 14 years of focused work refining a targeted foliar nutrition system, with Bionature products playing a central role throughout.

Harvesting an 8-hectare crop of LG Avenger, Lamyman achieved an outstanding yield of 7.52 tonnes per hectare—surpassing the previous unofficial record of 7.2t/ha, set in 2019 by Richard Budd in Kent.

Despite the challenges of an exceptionally dry growing season, the crop at Worlaby Farms showed consistent performance across the farm’s 85 hectares of oilseed rape for the 2024/25 season. Of this, 80% was LG Avenger, sown between September 10 and 20.

Tim Lamyman supports the high vigour of LG Avenger with a robust nutrition strategy built around Bionature UK products, aimed at enhancing plant vitality and soil health. The program starts at the 2–4 leaf stage with Leodita, an organic soil conditioner, and Delta, a stabilised NH₂ nitrogen foliar feed.

“Trials showed that just four days after applying Leodita, biomass was 40–60% higher compared to DAP,” Tim reported. “That advantage continued right through the autumn.”

The foliar nutrition program continues into the autumn and spring, concluding with a calcium-based product at flowering to support seed set. A carefully timed six-spray Bionature program was used, aligned with key growth stages:

– Autumn: Leodita, NHK Delta + TipTop
– Stem extension to flowering: TipTop, X-Stress, and Calflux

The result? A crop reaching over 2 metres in height, yielding up to 8.5t/ha, and averaging 7.52t/ha at 9% moisture and 40% oil content.

This isn’t just a record-breaking yield—it’s proof of what Bionature’s science-led nutrition approach can achieve.

Interested in what our program could do for your farm?
Contact Mark on 07950 313704 to learn more.

The Yield Enhancement Conference (YEN) for harvest 2024 took place on 21^st January 2025 and our growers achieved some amazing results with the help of our products despite the difficult conditions faced last year.

Cereal:

Cereal Yield – Gold – Tim Lamyman – 15.6 t/ha

% of Potential Cereal Yield – Silver – Tim Lamyman – 71% of 22.0 t/ha

Oats:

Oats Yield – Gold – Mark Popplewell – 11.45 t/ha

Barley:

Winter Barley Yield – Gold – Tim Lamyman – 14.6 t/ha

% of Potential Winter Barley Yield – Gold – Tim Lamyman – 66% of 22 t/ha

Spring Barley Yield – Gold – Tim Lamyman – 12.9 t/ha

Mark Carter took an opportunity to speak to Mark Popplewell from Happy Days Farming about how he achieved his amazing oats result. Mark started trialling our products 4 years ago, using mainly Delta, and saw results very quickly, especially with the creation of biomass. Mark compared his oilseed rape yields on his fields that he had used Delta and those without and saw an amazing difference. Delta helped to create early roots and branching which pushed the yields higher. This is due to technology in the product that improves nitrogen use efficiency and stabilises N in the amine NH2 form which is ready for immediate use in the plant. To see the full video go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBW2KG93jAo&t=1s

We are so proud to have been involved with Mark and Tim and to share in their outstanding achievements.

If you would like to see results like these with your crops, please contact Mark on 07950 313704 or email us on info@bionatureagriculture.com

Trial purpose

• Demonstration of efficacy of Bionature spray programme on
  potatoes.
• Trial set up by Bionature UK Ltd.
• Trial location Dyson Farm, Lincoln. Part of Potato Days field
  demonstration.
• Trial plots, planting and spray operations conducted solely by Dyson in
  house field trial team .
• Two plots compared – Dyson standard programme vs. Dyson standard
  programme plus Bionature spray programme.

In honour of International Women’s Day, we’d like you to meet Natalie! She has had a varied career so far; from working as a Lab Technician at an Opticians to selling insurance at a well known rural insurer.

She now works for Bionature dealing with all admin and account work and also does the same for her family farming business. She has a husband, young daughter and 2 dogs to look after who all keep her fairly busy!

To learn more about the Bionature team, click here