Further to our recent reporting of RLF support for growers in Hubei, Zhejiang, Anhui, Henan and other provinces during the COVID-19 pandemic, we now present a further three case-sharing stories of the successful outcomes experienced by growers because of their use of the donated crop nutrition program comprising RLF Broadacre Plus and PowerPK.
| Date of Visited | 28th May 2020 | |||
| Location | Zhanggongnan Village, Ningling County, Henan Province | |||
| Grower | Lu Xuwei | |||
| Application Method | UAV (airplane) | |||
| RLF Program | Apply Broadacre Plus at both tillering stage and booting stage then apply Power PK at filling stage in accordance with application instructions. | |||
Compared with the Control crop the wheat sprayed with RLF Broadacre Plus and Power PK package has larger ears and fuller grains.
Product Measurement Results
| RLF-treated | Ear numbers (10,000/mu) |
Seed numbers per ear/per mu |
1,000 grain weight (g) | Theoretical yield (kg/mu) |
| Point 1 | 50.94 | 30.4 | 40 | 619.43 |
| Point 2 | 52.27 | 32.4 | 40 | 678.31 |
| Point 3 | 49.87 | 30.8 | 40 | 614.40 |
| Average | 637.38 | |||
| Control | Ear numbers (10,000/mu) |
Seed numbers per ear/per mu |
1,000 grain weight (g) | Theoretical yield (kg/mu) |
| Point 1 | 49.87 | 31.6 | 40 | 630.36 |
| Point 2 | 47.47 | 28.5 | 40 | 541.16 |
| Point 3 | 45.34 | 28.0 | 40 | 507.81 |
| Average | 559.78 | |||
| Increase | 77.60/13.86% |
Comment:
The RLF Broadacre Plus and Power PK package used in flight control, brought the obvious effect of increased production. According to the statistics of field production measurement by the grower and technicians, the average yield per mu of wheat for the Control was 559.78 kg, but for the RLF-treated crop it reached 637.38 kg, with an increase rate of 13.86%.
Case Sharing No.2
| Date of Visit | 28th May 2020 | |||
| Location | Bu Zhai Village, Nanwu Town, Yanling County, Henan Province | |||
| Grower | Bu Shuqing | |||
| Application Method | UAV (airplane) | |||
| RLF Program | Apply Broadacre Plus at tillering stage and then apply Power PK at filling stage in accordance with application instructions. | |||
Product Measurement Results
| RLF-treated | Ear numbers (10,000/mu) |
Seed numbers per ear/per mu |
1,000 grain weight (g) | Theoretical yield (kg/mu) |
| Point 1 | 41.07 | 40.4 | 40.9 | 678.62 |
| Point 2 | 28.77 | 36.6 | 40.9 | 430.60 |
| Point 3 | 43.47 | 36.4 | 40.9 | 647.16 |
| Average | 545.46 | |||
| Control | Ear numbers (10,000/mu) |
Seed numbers per ear/per mu |
1,000 grain weight (g) | Theoretical yield (kg/mu) |
| Point 1 | 40.27 | 34.1 | 40.9 | 561.64 |
| Point 2 | 38.41 | 30.8 | 40.9 | 483.76 |
| Point 3 | 42.52 | 35.7 | 40.9 | 620.80 |
| Average | 555.40 | |||
| Increase | 30.06/5.41% |
Comment:
According to the yield test results, Mr Bu’s average yield per mu for the Control crop was 555.40kg, and for the RLF-treated crop was 585.46kg, with an increase rate of 5.41%.
Case Sharing No.3
| Date of Visit | 28th May 2020 | |||
| Location | Jialou Village, Huiting Town, Xiayi County, Henan Province | |||
| Grower | Ji Lei | |||
According to the grower during the field production measurement by RLF Technicians, the theoretical output is 529.32kg per mu
on average.
Mr Ji said; “that his wheat has only applied the RLF products twice. Now it looks better than other farmers’ wheat in yellowing colour and with larger ears and grains”.
This year, due to the impact of cold and drought in late spring on the wheat, the yield is generally reduced by 20% – 30%, so Mr Ji is; “very satisfied with the yield”.
About the RLF Crop Nutrition Products
The Broadacre and PowerPK package is rich in medium and micro nutrients, with high absorption and utilisation rate, breaking the yield bottleneck caused by the hidden deficiency of nutrients. They assist with the improvement of quality and yield of the crop, as has been shown by the crops evaluated as part of this report.
