Field results reported by growers and trial programs across North America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
Featured case / Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Durum wheat and canola
Conventional grain operation, 4,500 acres, in the semi-arid Palliser's Triangle.
Reported outcomeCanola yield up 15–20 bushels per acre with larger, heavier seed; durum yield up 20 bushels per acre and upgraded to grade 1; canola grown five years in a row.
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India
Banana
Commercial plantation of more than 10,000 ha, compared over two seasons with the grower's conventional chemical program.
Reported outcomeHealthier leaves and higher yields; the treated area stayed disease-free while the chemically treated area showed disease.
India
Jowar, wheat and Bengal gram
Seventh-generation farm in a drought-affected area.
Reported outcomeThe treated crops produced a harvest where chemically treated crops died in the drought.
India
Sugarcane
Third-generation grower, 25,000 ha, three seasons.
Reported outcomeYield up 15 bushels per acre, sugar content (brix) increased, sugarcane rust gone and crops disease-free, harvested in arid conditions.
Manyara, Arusha and Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Wheat
Wheat affected by stem rust and drought.
Reported outcomeStem rust tackled, with higher yields and better grain quality on arid land.
Somalia
Rice
Fourth-generation farmer facing rice blast, pests and drought on previously chemically damaged land.
Reported outcome20% more yield than the conventional program, and disease-free.
Zambia
Maize
Second-generation farmer in a severe drought.
Reported outcome75% of the harvest saved in the first season; the second-season crop was healthier and disease-free compared with chemically treated plots.
Oman
Rhodes grass and Buffel grass
Government pasture trial on sandy ground.
Reported outcomeHealthier, more nutrient-rich forage grown on sand.
Florida, USA
Greenhouse vertical farm
5-acre vertical farm with 2,500 plants, previously losing crops to summer heat.
Reported outcomeProduction up 65%, fertilizer costs down 40% and labour down 2%, with year-round growing through the summer heat.
Reported outcome20% yield increase on the first application, the heaviest and largest kernels the grower had seen, and better drought resistance.
Dharwad, India
Wheat (university field trial)
Randomized block trial with three replications, sown 6 December 2012.
Reported outcomeTreatment combined with the recommended fertilizer and farmyard manure gave the highest yields; the fully organic treatment was second; the untreated control was lowest.
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