With the advance of the winter cereal cycle and the recent rains in wheat-growing areas of the country, consultations on nitrogen management have increased, given its crucial role in defining the protein content for winter cereals. Yara agronomy experts promote a series of practices aimed at maximizing the productivity of winter crops.
It is that he nitrogen It is essential to promote vigorous and homogeneous development of plants, promoting the formation of leaves. An adequate supply of this nutrient throughout the crop cycle ensures not only a higher yield, but also a better quality of the grain by increasing the protein content, an attribute especially valued in the markets.
On the other hand, the sulfuralso plays a leading role in making the synthesis of amino acids and proteins more efficient. In fact, its deficiency can lead to inefficient use of nitrogen, reducing the productive potential of the crop.
For this reason, Yara technicians, a Norwegian company specialized in fertilization, designed a series of tools and recommendations to increase crop productivity and the quality of their grains.
Experts recommend, first, monitoring the batch with a device that measures chlorophyll such as N-Testwhich allows the nitrogen dose to be adjusted depending on the probability of response.
This information can then be integrated into the platform Atfarmwhich allows the variability to be analyzed at the batch level and generate, in simple steps, a variable fertilization recommendation.
This optimizes the use of fertilizers, applying more kilos per hectare in those areas that demonstrate greater productive potential and less in those that have enough.
To this must be added the current availability of foliar fertilizers for the final stages of crops, since they allow the contribution of nitrogen and sulfur to be reinforced.
These rapidly available liquid formulations contain both nutrients in optimal proportions for advanced stages.
An example in this sense is YaraVita AZOSa foliar fertilizer widely adopted in other wheat markets, which can increase protein content by up to 1%, in addition to improving yield due to the synergy of both nutrients.
Natalin Toscano, High Value Products specialistsummarizes it this way: “The combination of these nutrients and digital tools ensures a comprehensive improvement in the yield and quality of winter cereals, contributing to greater profitability for the producer.”
