Augmenta field analyzer promotes sustainability as it has been designed to optimize inputs and reduce waste. It is also able to increase yield. Importantly, the combination of reduced input costs and increased harvest sales can offer the farmer significantly better financial returns.
A comparison between Augmenta N-VRA and Fixed Rate operations on rapeseed fields and winter wheat in Central Europe was undertaken in February 2020. Only a single Augmenta N-VRA operation per field was undertaken to fertilize rapeseed during the early stages of development when there was high crop variability.
FERTILISER SAVINGS (%)
FERTILISER SAVINGS (kg)
TOTAL SESSIONS
TOTAL AREA (ha)
The aim of the study was to evaluate Augmenta field analyzer performance and its effect on plant growth, development and yielding in Central Europe.
Many farmers find the notion of using less input to create more crop counterintuitive. To alleviate any doubt, we set out to prove that by optimizing inputs, Augmenta field analyzer can reduce input amounts (and input costs) so as to promote sustainability, while also increasing yield. Both result in higher financial returns.
Aside from improved sustainability, our findings demonstrate this financial benefit – less input costs and more grain sales amount to greater net income for the farmer.
Augmenta N-VRA was undertaken on a total acreage of 1,204 ha. In comparison with Fixed Rate applications, Augmenta field analyzer was able to achieve fertilizer savings of 7.5% for rapeseed and a yield increase of 1.2%. It also managed to achieve fertiliser savings of 3.1% for winter wheat and increase yield by 10.6%.
CROP FERTILISER SAVINGS (%) FERTILISER SAVINGS (kg) TOTAL SESSIONS TOTAL AREA (ha)
rapeseed 7.5 11523 36 623.9
wheat 3.1 3756 41 579.7
Specifically, the study found that Augmenta field analyzer was able to: