Yara Academy, sharing knowledge in the olive grove

The surface of olive trees in our country is around 2.5 million hectares according to the MAGRAMA 2014. In the agricultural sector the olive industry is one of the most committed to innovation in the search for the optimization of resources for higher performance. The olive sector is also one of the more professional and farmers and technicians, eager for information, require large firms training to enable them to manage their crop for greater farm profitability.

In this context Yara has organized, framed within their Yara Academy training sessions, two days with a focus on the olive grove. The appointment took place on 25 and 26 November in Jaen and Cordoba respectively, two of the most important producers in our country focus. The meetings served to bring technicians from some of the largest distributors in olives, highlights for nutrition and Yara solution to meet the nutritional needs of the crop.

Sharing knowledge

Both events benefited from interesting presentations that did not leave the audience indifferent. Alejandro Cayuela, Yara sales representative in the area, was responsible for opening the event. Aware of the importance of understanding the culture of face to achieve optimal management of the olive grove, his speech began discussing the most important aspects of physiology and morphology of the olive tree. Through a review of the different phases of the vegetative cycle of the olive tree said nutritional needs at each stage for good budding, flowering, fruit, fattening and ripening of the fruit.

He then reviewed the role of each of the nutrients in olive growing and the importance of providing each of them in the proper dosage. As it relates to the primary macronutrients, he stressed the importance of good levels of nitrogen -Increase the development of the plant, vegetative activity accelerates and increases the absorption of other nutrients-. He said his needs increase during the flowering and fruit so good management is essential subscriber. It is also important to control the levels of phosphorus in the maturation -key, on increasing disease resistance and quality aceituna- and Potassium, a determinant nutrient olives. It has a very important effect on production. The olive is a crop with high demand for this item, because the olive is a fruit rich in potassium. Moreover, it is the nutrient that poses major problems, especially in years of low rainfall and high yields, so good management is vital.

Besides these, the role of other nutrients like calcium -Increase root development, increased resistance to frost and minimizes post-recolección- damage, Magnesium -elemento essential in the process of photosynthesis and Sulphur highlighted, whose deficiencies are similar to those of nitrogen. In addition, micronutrients such as boron, iron and zinc, are all key in olive cultivation to obtain higher performance.

The comprehensive solution of Yara

Yara took both events to present to the audience their nutritional solutions and program paid for this crop. After a brief review of our different product families, we enter into detail on the variety of products designed to Yara nutrition olive grove. Yara has the knowledge of the culture allows subscriber develop a formula tailored to the needs and specifications of each farmer zone.

The catalog of Yara for olive find specific products designed by and for this crop as YaraMila OLIVE and OLIVE YaraVita. The first is a NPK Sulphur and Boron recharging nutrients and improves the nutritional balance. Meanwhile YaraVita OLIVE is a foliar fertilizer that provides micronutrients boron, iron and Zinc- for optimal growth and also corrects possible shortcomings of these elements.

Other products such as nitrogen -fertilizante YaraVera amides which provides simultaneously nitrogen and sulfur, reducing losses volatilización- and other fertilizers for foliar application as YaraVita YaraVita STARPHOS AGRIPOTASH and is also presented. The first provides potassium to meet the needs of this nutrient, key in the olive grove. Phosphorus The second provides for better flowering, fruit and olive vegetative state after harvest. The Yara Hydroterra system, our range of liquid fertilizers, also took place. Yara’s proposal for fertigation includes products such as nitrogen -Provides fastblue Hydroterra quickly asimilable- or Hydroterra RUBY PLUS product with high potassium content which increases the oil yield and fruit size and ripening forward.

Innovative tools

The conference also served to present to the audience the Yara tools we have developed to optimize the management of nutrition. On one side TankmixITTM, an application that allows find out the compatibility of mixed products range YaraVita phytosanitary products through an extensive database of miscibility tests. This helps us to avoid problems by the combined application and also saves time and money to farmers. On the other CheckITTM, a tool that helps us identify nutritional deficiencies with visual symptoms side, so it will be easier to act before it’s too late. Also during the day Juan Jose Catala Crop Yara Iberian manager, he had the opportunity to talk about new trends in olive fertigation.

Finally, attendees learned about the analysis service MegalabTM recently renovated in Spain, which allows very full of soil, leaf and water analysis quickly and easily. Samples are collected in the farmer’s house, and analyzed in the laboratories of Yara in Pocklington, references worldwide. The results are shown in a very visual and intuitive way and are accompanied by a specific recommendation of subscriber in case there was any nutritional imbalance.

About Yara

Knowledge, products and solutions Yara offers help grow the business of thousands of farmers and distributors, while helping to protect the environment and dwindling resources like arable land and water.

Our fertilizers, our nutrition program and our technology help increase crop yields, improve the quality and reduce the environmental impact of agricultural practices. Our industrial solutions help clean the air by reducing gas emissions from industry and transport. In addition, we foster a culture that promotes safety among employees and distributors through the concept by choice -Elegimos Safe certainty.

Yara is currently the world’s largest manufacturer of nitrogen fertilizers. Founded in 1905, its activity in Spain dates back to 1907 when they reached the Spanish coasts the first mineral nutrients, only two years after its founding. In his more than a century of life has managed to become a leader in the industry of plant nutrition, and using that competitive edge, your commitment is to be an active player in the search for answers to the great challenges it faces our society. Operating in more than 150 countries with over 12,000 employees worldwide.

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