Four seasons of a grower from the colonies zone: an average of 80 kg/hl with peaks of 83, when the standard asks for 78. The value is not the peak, it is the floor.
What was done
A wheat grower in the colonies zone has been working with our microbiology for four consecutive seasons. The seed is treated only with our products, with no synthetic application against insects or fungi in the treatment, and the crop follows the stage-by-stage protocol on top of the management the grower already had.
What was measured
- Average test weight of the last seasons: 80 kg/hl, with peaks of up to 83.
- The Paraguayan standard asks for 78 kg/hl for Grade 1, 76 for Grade 2 and 73 for Grade 3.
- Faster, more uniform and more vigorous germination from the seed treatment.
- Last year, with a widespread aphid attack across the whole zone, the plot recorded practically no presence of the pest, with zero synthetic applications against insects in two consecutive seasons.
- The grower compared plots with a double application against fungi and plots with none: the difference was minimal, and the application did not pay for itself.
Why it matters at delivery
In wheat, test weight defines the grade and the grade defines the price. An average of 80 kg/hl keeps the grower consistently within Grade 1, with two kilos of margin above the minimum. The contribution of regenerative management was not to raise the maximum: it was that the rains stopped knocking down the test weight the way they used to. The value is not the peak. It is the floor.
A plant that defends itself
Frost, extreme heat, drought, insects and diseases. It is not a matter of one product solving each problem separately: the plant reaches each situation in better condition to face it. That is the grower's conclusion after four seasons, and it matches what we measure in other sectors: what improves first is the biology of the system, and the productive result comes afterwards, as a consequence.
An honest note
It is a documented case of a single grower, with their own delivery records and their own comparison plots. In rice and in wheat, the work with new growers is at the stage of prior soil diagnosis before defining a protocol.