Field testing of FBSciences and Yara’s products last year showed a 10% increase in yields, motivating the companies to form the partnership
Image: FBSciences and Yara form new partnership. (Credit: FBSciences Inc.)
US-based biosolutions provider FBSciences has partnered with Yara North America to offer advanced plant health solutions to growers across North America.
The partnership is expected to bring together the capability of FBSciences’ technologies and products with Yara’s calcium-nitrate fertilisers.
FBSciences produces biosolutions including biostimulant and biopesticide technologies which are the foundation of its comprehensive crop nutrition programmes.
The company claims that its products have been tested for more than a decade through 1,500 trials and have shown four things including healthier plants and increased yields, increased quality and nutrient density, stress mitigation and recovery and increased utilisation of other crop inputs.
Last year, the two companies have conducted field testing a combination of FBSciences technologies and products with Yara’s fertilisers.
FBSciences said that its ZiCAN Soil is the first product to be available in the US and is part of the new partnership. The product is claimed to have been formulated to mix with YaraLiva liquid calcium nitrate fertilisers including YaraLiva CAN-17 and YaraLiva CN-9.
A test of the two products’ combination on almonds field showed a 10.6% increase in yield compared to using YaraLiva CAN-17 alone. The result translated into an increase of 200 pounds per acre, which is $550 per acre at $2.75 per pound.
FBSciences said that traditional liquid zinc and calcium nitrate fertilisers do not mix well and when combined, create gypsum, resulting in clogging and cleaning issues, but the combination of ZiCAN Soil and YaraLiva CAN-17 is claimed to allow nitrogen, calcium, zinc and manganese to mix together well for perfect compatibility.
The combination not only offers increased compatibility but also increases the efficiency of other crop inputs. It can also enhance the uptake and translocation of several nutrients such as calcium and nitrogen in YaraLiva CAN-17.
FBSciences chairman and CEO Courtenay Wolfe said: “FBSciences is very excited to announce this important relationship. The impact of making crop inputs more compatible, allowing for less applications and inputs, while also increasing performance and efficiency cannot be overstated.
“We share a common vision with Yara of being a leading change agent in achieving sustainability in agriculture through using less inputs while increasing agricultural productivity and profitability for growers. Working with a world-class partner like Yara gives us the reach needed to significantly advance this goal.”