Robinvale, VIC

Potato

Product: D1, D5
Trial type: Field, Demo
Status: Completed 2022

Farmer demonstration

  • Potato yield at harvest for D1 and D5 was higher than the farmer’s practice (control) of NPK compound /DAP blend with calcium nitrate and easy N.
  • D5 = 45.6 ton/ha
  • D1 = 44.5 ton/ha
  • Control = 44.1 ton/ha

Trial details

This field trail was carried out at a potato farm at Robinvale. ABF products (D1 and D5) were compared with farmer’s practice (control) of nitrophoska /DAP blend with calcium nitrate and easy N. All other farming practices (non-treatment factors) were same throughout the growing period.

 

Summary results/ discussion

The ABF treatments (especially the D5) recorded higher potato yield than the farmer’s standard practice. The size distribution of the harvested potatoes was similar in all treatments.

 

 

Photo: Potato field. Graph: Potato yield. D1 and D5 are different formulations of ABF products. Note: this was not a replicated trial, rather a field demonstration.