OptiYield ®

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What is OptiYield® ?

We encapsulate our R&D learning alongside detailed and novel soil analysis techniques into our OptiYield® computer software system. OptiYield® provides our clients with significant advantage over those using 'standard' fertiliser advisory manuals and systems, typically producing crop yield increases of between 15% to 30%.


OptiYield® is a unique total crop nutrition programme developed by Emerald Research and is a proven commercial system based on years of research that has been shown to greatly enhance crop growth, health, quality & performance.


OptiYield® produces detailed recommendations for timings of specific nutrients, biostimulants and microbials for all crops throughout the growing season that are tailored to the Grower's fields, varieties and intended markets.


Many growers and farmers have adopted the full OptiYield® system where their crops benefit from the range of inputs recommended in the full programme.

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OptiYield® BioActive

OptiYield® BioActive starts with an application of a unique microbial mixture at, or soon after, planting. Soil health is impaired by overuse of one or more input factors in order to reach maximum crop yield potential in the short-term, such as; fertilisers, fungicides, nematicides and insecticides.

Research into reversing this trend has shown benefits in promoting crop/microbe associations through inoculating soils with beneficial micro-organisms.

OptiYield® BioActive builds on this through straightforward applications of unique, well-proven biostimulants added to each foliar spray treatment.

These both stimulate growth and rooting performance while reducing crop stress particularly in drought and high temperature conditions.


Benefits of OptiYield® BioActive

  • Solubilisation and delivery of Phosphate, Manganese, Sulphate and Iron to root surface;
  • Improves rooting efficiency and directly stimulates root growth;
  • Releases polysaccharides and plant hormones, directly beneficial to crop health;
  • Fixes Nitrogen from atmosphere directly into root zone;
  • Helps to develop a more microbially diverse and benevolent soil environment;

    • Improved soil microbiome helps to build soil structure:

    • Increased resilience to environmental stresses (e.g. drought, heat, cold or wet);
    • structurally stronger soils
    • improves porosity and thus oxygen supply
    • better structure & porosity helps reduce risk of water logging
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OptiYield® Core

OptiYield® Core has been developed for those growers looking for a streamlined introduction into OptiYield® whilst still seeking the key benefits delivered by OptiYield® and its unique soil analysis system.

OptiYield® Core uses the same detailed soil analysis and computer algorithms to determine true nutritional needs, but produces a programme focused on key crop growth stages, producing recommendations designed to address the principle needs of the crop and at the optimum timings and aimed at delivering significant increases in crop yield and quality.

OptiYield® Core builds on OptiYield® BioActive.


Benefits of OptiYield® Core

OptiYield® has consistently delivered:

    improved:

    • marketable yield (usually in range of 12-20%) for carrots and potatoes
    • qualities such as skin finish, size distribution, storage characteristics, DM%
    • overall vigour, root growth, crop & canopy development;

  • significantly increased net returns to farmers (usually in range £500 - £1,500 per hectare) depending on crop;
  • optimised scale and costs of soil applied top dressings, with associated fertilizer run off or waste risks;
  • increased natural resistance of crop to both biotic (e.g. disease) and abiotic (e.g. drought, heat, cold) stress factors.
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OptiYield® Complete

OptiYield® Complete has been developed for those growers looking for a streamlined introduction into OptiYield® whilst still seeking the key benefits delivered by OptiYield® and its unique soil analysis system.

OptiYield® Complete uses the same detailed soil analysis and computer algorithms to determine true nutritional needs, but produces a programme focused on key crop growth stages, producing recommendations designed to address the principle needs of the crop and at the optimum timings and aimed at delivering significant increases in crop yield and quality.

OptiYield® Complete builds on OptiYield® Core.


Benefits of OptiYield® Complete

OptiYield® Complete provides a complete crop nutritional and biostimulant package designed to deliver maximum crop performance.


OptiYield® Complete has consistently delivered:


    improved:

    • marketable yield (usually in range of 15-25%) for carrots and potatoes
    • qualities such as skin finish, size distribution, storage characteristics, DM%
    • overall vigour, root growth, crop & canopy development;

  • significantly increased net returns to farmers (usually in range £500 - £1,500 per hectare) depending on crop;
  • optimised scale and costs of soil applied top dressings, with associated fertilizer run off or waste risks;
  • increased natural resistance of crop to both biotic (e.g. disease) and abiotic (e.g. drought, heat, cold) stress factors.
    •
orla yield comparison

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