NPK enhancement products boost crop yields

Queensland Country Life, Queensland, Australia

September 4, 2008

Two new products on the market in Australia – Carbon Boost-S and KAFÉ-F – offer growers a new way to increase yields without increasing their fertiliser application rates.

Both are nutrient enhancement products and increase the uptake efficiency of applied and existing nutrients. Carbon Boost-S is formulated for soil-applied nutrients and fertilisers in order to help avoid tie-ups in the soil.

KAFÉ-F is specifically for foliar applications and was developed to help nutrients break through leaf barriers.

Developed by US biosciences company, FBS, Carbon Boost-S and KAFÉ-F utilise CarbonPower technology– a delivery system providing superior nutrient uptake and mobility throughout the plant. To create Carbon-Power, FBS isolated and refined naturally occurring organic compounds that provide a high level of mobility to all nutrients within the plant.

After five years of studies with CarbonPower, NPK enhancement products have consistently shown yield increases over grower standard fertiliser programs. By providing more efficient nutrient uptake, Carbon Boost-S and KAFÉ-F can also increase a crop’s overall health and natural resistance to environmental stresses.

In Queensland and NSW, CarbonPower products are being distributed by Pursehouse Rural and other IHD members. Rod Roseby,director of Pursehouse Rural, said the company talked to growers who had used CarbonPower in the US before deciding to try it themselves. Pursehouse also is conducting trials to test the products.

“We received extremely positive reports from growers in California,” Mr Roseby said. “Based on those reports, we thought the CarbonPower technology was something that could prove to be a valuable asset to our growers.” 

●For more information contact Adrian Nelson, Pursehouse Rural, on 0428 400 202 or Ian Leonard, FBS Australia, on 0419 757 863. Website: www.FBSciences.com