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ResetAt AgroLiquid, we study a variety of crops in detail to determine the best fertilizer combinations. All of our fertilizer research is carefully documented, including what fertilizers we use, when, on what crops, and how those crops grow. Much of our research is conducted at our 1,000 acre research facility, the North Central Research Station (NCRS). We also partner with farmers, growers, and ranchers across the country to conduct fertilizer research in other climates and soil types. This helps us perfect our fertilizer programs, and develop the most efficient combinations for all types of crops.
Foliar Potassium on Corn – XtremeAg
This trial was established to compare AgroLiquid’s foliar potassium products Sure-K and Kapitalize to the grower standard application of potassium acetate.
Additionally, costs analysis was completed looking at yield revenue minus the cost of product.
Crops: Corn. States / Provinces: Iowa. Nutrients: Potassium. Years: 2023. Applications: Foliar.
Y-Drop Applied LiberateCa on Corn
LiberateCa is often thought of as an addition to an in-furrow liquid fertilizer blend in soybeans or corn. The objective here was to evaluate the benefits of LiberateCa applied to corn later in the season at the beginning of the reproductive stage.
Crops: Corn. States / Provinces: Minnesota. Nutrients: Calcium. Years: 2023. Applications: Y-Drop.Side Dress Fertilizer Options in Corn
The objective of this trial was to evaluate the effect of various side dress fertilizer additions to nitrogen. Previous research has shown positive yield results from adding micronutrients, potassium, phosphorus or sulfur to nitrogen at side dress in corn.
Crops: Corn. States / Provinces: Maryland. Nutrients: Micronutrients, Phosphorus, Potassium, Programs, and Sulfur. Years: 2023. Applications: Side Dress.Foliar Phosphorus on Gala Apples
The objective of this trial was to evaluate phosphorus sources as foliar treatments on ‘Gala’ apples.
Crops: Apples. States / Provinces: New York. Nutrients: Phosphorus. Years: 2023. Applications: Foliar.Forage Grass Response to Foliar Fertilizer
The objective of the trial was to evaluate the effectiveness of the combination of fertiRain and Kapitalize on forage grass yield.
The forage grasses in this trial were a mix of Timothy and fescue.
Crops: Grass forage. States / Provinces: Illinois. Nutrients: Programs. Years: 2023. Applications: Foliar.Foliar Potassium in Soybeans
The objective of this trial was to evaluate the effectiveness of a commercial potassium acetate product compared to Kapitalize or Sure-K when applied as a foliar treatment in soybeans.
Crops: Soybean and Soybeans. States / Provinces: Ohio. Nutrients: Potassium. Years: 2023. Applications: Foliar.Corn Silage Production – 3-year summary
The objective of this project was to demonstrate the value of AgroLiquid fertilizer products on yield and quality of corn silage. This project was conducted in cooperation with Dairy One consulting. The project was conducted in 2021, 2022, and 2023. The three year summary is reported.
Crops: Silage Corn. States / Provinces: New York. Nutrients: Programs. Years: 2021, 2022, and 2023. Applications: Planter, Planting, and Side Dress.Soil Applied Sulfur Evaluation on Soybeans
AgroLiquid accesS has many comparisons and wins against ammonium thiosulfate. This is an excellent experiment showing the value of accesS in a soil applied environment on soybeans.
Crops: Soybean and Soybeans. States / Provinces: Michigan. Nutrients: Sulfur. Years: 2023. Applications: Broadcast.Addition of Kalibrate in Season on Russet Potatoes
Evaluating the response of potassium through irrigation to russet potatoes.
Crops: Potatoes. States / Provinces: Michigan. Nutrients: Potassium. Years: 2023. Applications: Irrigation.In-Furrow Yield Study
The objective of this replicated Product Field Experience research trial in northern Illinois was to gauge the effectiveness of a retail partner recommended in-furrow treatment against the grower’s historic practice of no in-furrow starter in corn on a high fertility field on a dairy farm.
Crops: Corn. States / Provinces: Illinois. Nutrients: Programs. Years: 2023. Applications: Planter.Corn Planter-Time Rate Comparison
The objective of this trial was to establish ProGerminator’s efficacy in-furrow versus 10-34-0 in neutral to low pH soils.
Crops: Corn. States / Provinces: Nebraska. Nutrients: Phosphorus. Years: 2023. Applications: Planter.Planter-Time Additions on Corn
This trial was intended to help determine the efficacy of LiberateCa, AgroLiquid Fulvic, and CTech as planter-time additions to ProGerminator and Micro 500 blends.
Crops: Corn. States / Provinces: Nebraska. Nutrients: Biologicals, Calcium, Carbon, Fulvic, Micronutrients, and Phosphorus. Years: 2023. Applications: Planter and Planting.Corn Planter-Time Rate Study
The objective of this trial was to establish ProGerminator’s efficacy in-furrow versus 10-34-0 in neutral to low pH soils.
Crops: Corn. States / Provinces: Nebraska. Nutrients: Phosphorus. Years: 2023. Applications: Planter.Grower Standard vs AgroLiquid Program in Citrus
The objective of this trial is to compare the grower standard program against an AgroLiquid program to determine which program produces the highest yields by bin count.
Crops: Citrus. States / Provinces: California. Nutrients: Micronutrients, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium. Years: 2023.Six-Year Almond Trial in Almonds
This trial compares the yield averages of our six-year almond trial between the grower standard of 10-34-0 (50 gallons per acre applied) and Potassium Thiosulfate (45 gallons per acre applied) with AgroLiquid’s PrG (18 gallons per acre applied) and Kalibrate (16.5 gallons per acre applied).
Crops: Almonds. States / Provinces: California. Nutrients: Phosphorus, Potassium and Sulfur. Years: 2023. Applications: Foliar and Irrigation.Product Efficacy Trial on Almonds
The sixth year of replicated research comparing AgroLiquid’s products for efficacy using PrG and Kalibrate, compared to the grower standard of 10-34-0, and Potassium Thiosulfate.
Crops: Almonds. States / Provinces: California. Nutrients: Phosphorus, Potassium and Sulfur. Years: 2023. Applications: Foliar and Irrigation.Grower Standard vs AgroLiquid Program in Almonds 2023
This is the sixth year of replicated research comparing AgroLiquid’s PrG and Kalibrate products to the grower standard of 10-34-0 and Potassium Thiosulfate. Specifically looking at applying AgroLiquid products at a lower rate and less lbs of nutrient per acre compared to conventional products. Can we maintain yield and quality of the almond crop?
Crops: Almonds. States / Provinces: California. Nutrients: Phosphorus, Potassium and Sulfur. Years: 2023. Applications: Foliar and Irrigation.XtremeAg Trials 2022
XtremeAg is very transparent with what they do on their farms, and will highlight products and practices that work, along with those that don’t. AgroLiquid has used this opportunity to test out-of-the-box ideas, push for high yields, and expand testing on crops we have little data on.
This report contains all of the results for 2022 for each of the locations where testing was done.
Crops: Corn, Cotton, Rice, and Soybeans. States / Provinces: Alabama, Arkansas, and North Carolina. Nutrients: Programs. Years: 2022. Applications: Foliar, Irrigation, Planter, and Planting.XtremeAg Trials Report 2021
XtremeAg is very transparent with what they do on their farms and will highlight products and practices that work, along with those that don’t. AgroLiquid has used this opportunity to test out-of-the-box ideas, push for high yields, and expand testing on crops we have little data on.
This report includes the results for 2021 for each of the locations where testing was done.
Crops: Corn, Cotton, and Soybeans. States / Provinces: Alabama, Arkansas, and Iowa. Nutrients: Programs. Years: 2021. Applications: Foliar, Irrigation, Planter, and Planting.Alfalfa foliar programs | AgroLiquid vs grower standard
Compare AgroLiquid foliar program to the grower standard of 5 gallons of 6-24-6 Ortho per acre. This grower is already a high yield grower looking to see if they could increase yield.
Crops: Alfalfa. States / Provinces: Utah. Nutrients: Programs. Years: 2022. Applications: Foliar.Fulvic Acid and Foliar Applications on Sunbelt Expo Corn
The objective of this trial is to measure the effects of in-furrow applications with and without fulvic, plus foliar applications at V5 and possible fungicide on yield.
Crops: Corn. States / Provinces: Georgia. Nutrients: Fulvic and Programs. Years: 2022. Applications: Foliar, Planter, and Planting.The objective of this trial was to monitor the effect of added micros on yield and overall plant health. The effects of Kapitalize in furrow vs foliar fed, and the added benefit of boron for boll retention and yield were also evalutaed.
Crops: Cotton. States / Provinces: Mississippi. Nutrients: Micronutrients, Potassium, and Programs. Years: 2022. Applications: Foliar, Planter, and Planting.Fulvic and Calcium on Sweet Potatoes
The objective of this trial was to measure increase in skin texture and strength, as well as yield increase.
Crops: Sweet Potatoes. States / Provinces: North Carolina. Nutrients: Calcium and Fulvic. Years: 2022.Foliar Boron for Improved Soybean Yield
This trial is evaluating the performance of AgroLiquid MicroLink Boron and Fulvic as foliar applied products to determine any pod retention and yield benefits.
Crops: Soybean and Soybeans. States / Provinces: Michigan. Nutrients: Micronutrients. Years: 2022. Applications: Foliar.Adding Additional Copper for Corn
Copper is not normally thought of as a nutrient to add to a fertility plan. However, if it is a limiting factor could it help to improve yield? AgroLiquid MicroLink 6% copper added in-furrow in this one replication test increased corn grain yields.
Crops: Corn. States / Provinces: Michigan. Nutrients: Copper and Micronutrients. Years: 2022. Applications: Planter.Rate and Timing of Potassium on Potatoes
The goal of this experiment was to look at the best rate of Kalibrate to apply on the potato crop and when the best timing of the application would be.
Crops: Potatoes. States / Provinces: Michigan. Nutrients: Potassium and Programs. Years: 2022. Applications: Irrigation and Planter.Experimental Phosphorus in Corn
AgroLiquid is consistently looking for new opportunities to fill gaps in the fertilizer market. Phosphorus can be applied in many ways and is needed in both starter and slow-release forms. In this experiment, two experimental products: TDP-19 (a slow-release version) and UP-20 (a starter version), are tested against existing products, ProGerminator and springUP, to determine product efficacy differences.
Crops: Corn. States / Provinces: Colorado. Nutrients: Phosphorus. Years: 2022. Applications: Planter and Strip-Till.In-Furrow vs Stream-On Canola Treatments
The goal in this trial was to investigate whether in-furrow and streaming AgroLiquid liquid fertilizer (at bolting) replacing part of the dry fertilizer program would provide equal or better yields compared to dry fertilizer alone.
Crops: Canola. States / Provinces: Alberta. Nutrients: Programs. Years: 2022. Applications: Planter, Planting, and Surface Band.Canola Foliar Trial
There is growing interest in foliar treatments, due in part to the fact that most planters are not equipped with in-furrow equipment. The objective of this trial was to test three different AgroLiquid foliar treatments measured against an untreated control to determine which of the three treatments would result in the most yield response, if any.
Crops: Canola. States / Provinces: Alberta. Nutrients: Multinutrient and Programs. Years: 2022. Applications: Foliar.Red Potato AgroLiquid vs 2 4-D
The objective of this trial was to compare the skin color and quality on red potatoes treated with the grower standard of multiple low-rate applications of 2,4-D, versus adding AgroLiquid calcium and micronutrient products in-furrow.
Crops: Potatoes. States / Provinces: Minnesota. Nutrients: Calcium and Micronutrients. Years: 2022.Foliar Fertilizer on Orchardgrass
The objective of this trial was to evaluate the effect of foliar applied fertilizer on yield and forage quality of orchardgrass.
Crops: Grass forage. States / Provinces: Pennsylvania. Nutrients: Programs. Years: 2022. Applications: Foliar.Foliar Fertilizer on Grass and Alfalfa
This trial was an evaluation of the effect of foliar applied fertilizer on yield and forage quality of a grass + alfalfa mixed forage stand.
Crops: Alfalfa and Grass forage. States / Provinces: Pennsylvania. Nutrients: Multinutrient and Programs. Years: 2022. Applications: Foliar.Foliar Fertilizer on Alfalfa
Objective of this trial was to evaluate the effect of foliar applied fertilizer on yield and forage quality of alfalfa.
Crops: Alfalfa. States / Provinces: Pennsylvania. Nutrients: Multinutrient and Programs. Years: 2022. Applications: Foliar.Foliar Fertilizer Effect on Alfalfa and Grass
The objective of this trial was to evaluate the effect of foliar applied fertilizer on yield and forage quality of a grass + alfalfa mixed forage stand.
Crops: Alfalfa and Grass forage. States / Provinces: Pennsylvania. Nutrients: Multinutrient and Programs. Years: 2022. Applications: Foliar.At-Planting Fertilizer Placement on Soybeans
The objective of the trial was to evaluate the yield and economic value of single band vs. three band fertilizer application through FurrowJet on soybean. This trial was conducted by Precision Planting’s PTI Farm.
Crops: Soybeans. States / Provinces: Illinois. Nutrients: Programs. Years: 2022. Applications: Planter and Planting.At-Planting and Foliar Fertilizer on Soybeans
The objective of the trial was to evaluate the yield and economic value of an at-planting soybean fertilizer program and the additional value of a foliar fertilizer program. This trial was conducted by Precision Planting’s PTI Farm.
Crops: Soybeans. States / Provinces: Illinois. Nutrients: Programs. Years: 2022. Applications: Foliar, Planter, and Planting.At-Planting and In-Season Fertilizer on Corn
The objective of the trial was to evaluate the yield and economic value of an At-Planting corn fertilizer program and the additional value of a foliar fertilizer program. This trial was conducted at Precision Planting’s PTI Farm.
Crops: Corn. States / Provinces: Illinois. Nutrients: Programs. Years: 2022. Applications: Planter and Planting.