Have you ever seen 90-kernel wheat heads? They are pretty impressive!
Common irrigated wheat yields carry 25-30 kernels/head with about a 60 bushels/acre average. For most people, that is a good harvest. We say it should be at least twice that, if not more!
So why are common yields so low? The answer is simple, nutrition. In spite of repeated applications of standard fertilizers (nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium - NPK), most soils are seriously depleted in micro and trace minerals. This isn't just something we made up. We have been studying and proving this for over a decade.
To illustrate our point, we have a farm in Montana that we have been working with since 2013. They were a very successful farm, with well-developed fields and very strong yields. Their average harvest was 85 bushels/acre (35-40 kernels/head), so they thought they were doing very well. They have been growing thousands of acres of wheat for over 30 years and according to traditional wisdom, they were doing everything right. Their higher than average yields proved it, right?
Wrong! Just like everyone else, they were focused on the top 3 minerals and ignored everything else. We came in and convinced them to include the micro and trace elements in their field maintenance plans. We worked with their local co-op to create a trace element package that would encompass the full spectrum. In addition, we treated their wheat seed for the new crop with our custom blend of beneficial soil microbes, trace minerals, and activators to give the new crop a jump-start.
In their first year, they went from 85 bushels/acre to 120 bushels/acre! Plus, it was high-protein, premium-quality wheat. Not only did they increase their yield by 50%, but they increased the nutrition in the harvest as well.
That is productivity! That is wheat worth eating, because that higher nutrition will translate directly into better nutrition for us.
You can read the whole story on our web site. Check it out and see what they did last year as well.
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