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A new source of iron for fruit crops

Iron is critical to maintaining a healthy crop, even though it is considered a micronutrient. It is used by plants for the production of chlorophyll and as such has a direct effect on photosynthesis. In addition to the production of chlorophyll, iron is used to help crop enzyme functions. This means deficient crops can appear stunted or weak, even if where they are grown is abundant in macro minerals. Stunted or weakened plants inevitably fail to produce the desired yield & quality. This is why it is important to be sure that crops have a good supply of available iron.

Yara has developed a new iron solution for all growers, to bring the management of iron more in line with Yara’s other precision crop feeding solutions. YaraVita Ferritrac Pro is specially formulated to offer the crop 60 %w/w available iron straight to the crop root zone via injection. By being able to do this using a liquid product means that the process and cost of iron management are both simplified and more efficient than using current solutions. The new formulation guarantees that the crop can have a good supply of available iron, within the cropping year of application, to feed the crop in a preventative manner.

In 2021 Yara conducted various trials in broadacre fruit crops trials (apples pears and grapevines) which demonstrated impressive results.

See the results of the 2021 Ferritrac Pro trials

Fruit agronomy advice

Concerned about hail damage to apples and pears
Concerned about hail damage to apples and pears
Apples and pears are both susceptible to hale damage in late spring with the potential for both fruits and leaves to be damaged. Whilst crop nutrition cant control the weather it can help mitigate some of the effects and help damaged crops recover.
How to recover frost damaged fruit crops
How to recover frost damaged fruit crops
Where fruit crops, particularly apples, pears and grapevines have suffered frost damage we need to think about how to best manage the crop buds which are left to both recover the damaged buds and then to recover the lost growth.
How to manage blueberry fertigation
How to manage higher temperatures in strawberries
Higher temperatures bring both good and bad news for strawberry growers. The good news is increased production and demand for strawberries but the downside is managing heat stress and other challenges. Controlling the crop through these tricky periods can be made easier by utilising foliar feeds.
Is there a better alternative to monopotassium phosphate
Is there a better alternative to monopotassium phosphate
Monopotassium phosphate, otherwise known as MKP is a product synonymous with fruit production that is widely used, primarily as a flower boosting green fruit supporter. However, at this point in time, MKP is sometimes difficult to get hold of, so many growers are asking if there is a better alternative.
How to manage blueberry fertigation
How to manage blueberry fertigation
Blueberry nutrition and fertigation is very much a consequence of the rooting system and pH range. Blueberries are more acid-loving than most soft fruits and also have a less efficient root system which has consequences for fertigation recommendations.
Fruit crops benefit from foliar calcium in a wet season
Fruit crops benefit from foliar calcium in a wet season
After a wet winter many fruit plants may have been growing under saturated conditions for some time. Under these circumstances the application of foliar fed calcium will be advantageous.
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