Foliar Spraygro Smartrace Manganese & Smartrace Copper on wheat

SITE:                Cunderin, Western Australia

CROP:              Wheat Cv Spear

SOIL TYPE:       Gravel

TRIAL A

—        Crop sprayed at 6-8 leaf stage

          3 lt/ha Smartrace Manganese 10% W/V

          1 lt/ha Smartrace Copper 5% W/V

—        9% increase in yield achieved

TRIAL B

CROP:              Wheat Cv Spear

SOIL TYPE:       Gravel/Sand

—        Crop sprayed at 6-8 leaf stage

          3 lt/ha Smartrace Manganese 10% W/V

          1 lt/ha Smartrace Copper 5% W/V

—        27% increase in yield achieved

TRIAL C

CROP:              Wheat Cv Spear

SOIL TYPE:       Sand

—        Crop sprayed at 6-8 leaf stage

          3 lt/ha Smartrace Manganese 10% W/V

          1 lt/ha Smartrace Copper 5% W/V

—        8% increase in yield achieved

          All above – product cost $8.16 per hectare in 1991, done today in 2001 – product      cost would be approximately^# $8.00 per hectare.

          Wheat value in July 2001 approximately $190.00/tonne.

—        NETT RETURN PROFITS FROM USING SPRAYGRO SMARTRACE MANGANESE & SMARTRACE COPPER

          TRIAL A   $30.00/hectare

          TRIAL B   $68.00/hectare

          TRIAL C   $30.00/hectare

^#based on 1000 litre IBC’s + GST Exclusive.