Nitrate based fertilisers are the most efficient form of nitrogen
YaraBela nitrate based fertilisers, are pure nutrients, offering the required precision efficiency and reliability to meet the agronomic and environmental imperatives of modern agriculture. Nitrate nitrogen has been proven to be the best form of nitrogen for UK farming conditions.
Stronger
YaraBela granules are stronger so will not shatter when spread
36m
YaraBela fertilisers will all easily spread to 36m and beyond
Heavier
YaraBela granules are heavier so perform better even in windier conditions
See for yourself the effect of physical properties
Superior spreading from Yara's nitrate based fertilisers
Most of us have seen striped fields as a result of uneven fertiliser spreading. Don't leave accurate fertiliser spreading to chance, use a high-quality fertiliser like YaraBela or YaraMila. Each particle is dense and hard allowing the fertiliser spreader to throw it further without breaking.
Measuring the physical quality of fertiliser
Yara Agronomist Philip Cosgrave demonstrates the physical quality of Yara fertilisers.
The importance of fertiliser type for accurate fertiliser spreading
Uneven application of nutrients can occur when spreading a blended fertiliser as a result of physical segregation YaraBela Axan can be spread more accurately and more evenly over wider bout widths to ensure an even application.
All YaraBela fertilisers are granular compounds
- Because all YaraBela fertilisers are granules they will all easily spread upto 36m and beyond.
- Because YaraBela granules are stronger they will not shatter when you spread them giving you a cloud of dust.
- Because YaraBela granules are heavier they will perform better under windier conditions, giving a more even application.
- Remember if it doesn't say Yara on the bag it won't be Yara quality fertiliser in the bag. Yara don't sell fertiliser in anyone else's bags.
What do other farmers say?
David Parke Castlewellan, Northern Ireland
"Consistency and keeping quality in storage means Yara Axan always spreads well and the spinner keeps clean even when some fertiliser is kept to be spread later. Spreading YaraMila with its consistent bulk density and particle size means a near-perfect pattern can be achieved".
Andrew Reed Berwick upon Tweed, England
"Here on our farm, I find the Yara Axan is ideal for what we are trying to get out of the crop. We only use Axan, so all the nitrogen is given to all crops with this fertiliser and the sulphur in Axan allows us to be applying sulphur each pass, which I believe is as key as the nitrogen "
Eurig Jenkins, Pentrefelin Farm, Lampeter, Wales
"When using YaraBela Axan, you split the bag it's always quality product and we never seem to get any stripes so the quality of the grass is as good as we can produce here"
Why choose a nitrate fertiliser rather than urea?
Agronomic efficiency
- Immediately available nitrogen - Nitrogen present as nitrate and ammonium, immediately available for plant uptake.
- Highly soluble sulphur - Where included sulphur is present as calcium sulphate which is highly soluble so reaches plant roots quickly.
- Higher yield than urea - At identical nitrogen application rates, nitrates achieve offers 2 – 5% higher yield than urea based fertilisers.
- Enhanced protein - Nitrate fertilisers enhance protein content by 0.3 – 0.9% compared to urea based fertilisers.
Environmental benefits
- Low volatilisation losses - Volatilisation losses from ammonium nitrate fertilisers are 1 – 3%, compared with up to 27% from urea.
- Reduced leaching - High nitrogen efficiency, fast uptake and lower dosage giving better control over residual nitrogen.
- Low carbon footprint - The life cycle carbon footprint of YaraBela nitrate fertilisers is 12.5 % lower than for urea based fertilisers.
- Low environmental index - The overall environmental index of YaraBela is 46.6 % lower than for urea fertilisers.
