Origin Soil Nutrition (previously Origin Fertilisers) will offer Lamma visitors an update on the NUE-Leg project.
It’s a collaborative research project exploring ways to reduce the carbon footprint of grassland. Part of this will be assessing new prescription nutrition products, through Origin’s Nutri-Match service, to work in tandem with increased efficiency clovers.
Mandy McAulay, head of marketing and product sustainability says: “We now have crops in the ground on our trial farms and we will monitor these over the next year, applying different nutrition formulations and measure the outcomes. The information gained from this will enable us to reduce the carbon footprint, increase sustainability, and help grassland farmers become more productive with modern clover.”
In addition, the Origin team of nutrition agronomists will be on stand to show how micronutrient additions are an essential part of prescription fertiliser. Origin now offers over 18,000 different products to match soil deficiencies. Visitors can watch how the wide selection of micronutrient coatings are electrostatically charged to the granules.
Mandy says demonstrating the advantages of applying nutrients in this way is essential. “We can visually show how the micronutrient coatings are applied to the granules and how these remain during application. By adding the micronutrient in this way, it is evenly coated across 100% of the granules providing maximum soil and root interactions. Live demonstrations are the best way to show farmers and growers how it attaches to the granule.”
