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POLY4 increases yield

Here is a breakdown of the polyhalite products yield performance against compared treatments and crop groups.

POLY4 vs. comparison table

Comparison table showing POLY4 vs. standard treatments and a breakdown of results by crops. Number

Treatment comparison

Yield increase estimate*
(conservative)

Yield increase estimate
(responsive trials)

No. of trials

POLY4 vs. NP

6.6%

12.2%

649

POLY4 vs. NPK

3.2%

4.8%

586

POLY4 vs. NPKS

1.7%

2.5%

526

POLY4 vs. NPKSMg

0.5%

1.0%

259

By crop

Yield enhancement
vs. NP

Yield enhancement
vs. NPK

Yield enhancement
vs. NPKS

No. of trials

Barley

6.3%

3.0%

1.2%

24

Corn

4.5%

1.3%

1.3%

117

Cotton

6.1%

1.4%

-1.7%

21

Forage

8.6%

3.1%

2.1%

21

Legume

3.8%

2.0%

2.1%

72

Oilseed

7.6%

4.6

1.6%

55

Potato

9.5%

0.7%

1.7%

38

Rice

8.3%

3.7%

0.1%

42

Sugarcane

16.3%

10.0%

6.3%

23

Tree crop

7.5%

3.6%

5.2%

87

Vegetable

12.5%

6.2%

1.6%

61

Wheat

4.6%

2.3%

1.0%

85

Results shown are taken from Meta-analysis of polyhalite's yield performance across diverse soil, crop, and environmental conditions (https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/agj2.70259).

Estimates of percentage increase in yield due to fertiliser programs based on polyhalite compared with different control treatments for all trials. *Meta-analysis estimates are optimistic (no outliers removed), intermediate (trials with stdres > 3.0 removed), or conservative (trials with stdres > 2.0 removed). Trials classified as “responsive” had a significant improvement (P<0.1) in yield with K or S fertiliser applications.

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