Weather variability, crop and input prices, pests and disease are some of the many risks that keep farmers awake at night. 

TRY OUR QUIZ: Find out how you can improve your farm's nitrogen fertiliser efficiency

Today, there are global risks that can impact your farm: price volatility, resource availability, geopolitics and perhaps the most concerning of all – climate change.

There are five risks that we have prioritised based on our knowledge of farming and work with farmers. To minimise risk and build resilience into a farmers crop production, our nitrate-based solutions have been developed.

The big five risks:

Nitrate-based solutions - minimising risk and growing profits

Quality-and-yield4.png Quality and yield: Sub-optimal nitrogen rates produce poor crops and low yield.
Ammonia-volitization4.png Ammonia volatilization: Significant ammonia losses to air occur with some nitrogen fertilsers.
Application-accuracy4.png Application accuracy: Poor quality fertiliser and wrong spreader settings reduce application accuracy.
Efficiency-and-profit4.png Efficiency and profit: Poor efficiency and low return on fertiliser investment.
Weather-resilience4.png Weather resilience: Less vulnerable to weather conditions affecting nitrogen losses or uptake.

One example of how nitrate-based solutions can help minimise risk

Nitrate-based fertilisers offer superior performance when compared to urea fertilizer, and when nitrate-based products are used in conjunction with Yara’s digital tools, you can achieve higher protein content and yield, which means increased profit.

We know that nitrogen needs can vary, even within the same fields. We also know that using the same amount of nitrogen every year is inefficient fin terms of cost, crop yield, and quality. As part of our nitrate-based solutions, YaraIrix is a clip that turns your smartphone into a nitrogen sensor to help you measure your plant’s nitrogen status. YaraIrix provides an accurate measurement so that farmers have a reliable N application rate that is accurate and meets the specific needs of the crops.

Several field trials conducted by teams at Yara with our partners have demonstrated the ability of the N-Tester and N-Sensor® to help enhance protein content and yield compared to standard nitrogen balances.

Remove the guesswork

Yara offers a range of products, tools and services, as well as expertise, to help you achieve an optimum N rate and ensure profitability.

Check the nitrogen efficiency of your farm!

Our nitrogen-efficiency calculator will estimate how your farm is performing and suggest what you can do to improve.

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Improve your farm's nitrogen fertiliser efficiency

Improve your farm's nitrogen fertiliser efficiency

Improving nitrogen fertiliser efficiency is one way your farm can become more productive, profitable and sustainable. Try our quiz to find out how you can improve your farm's nitrogen fertiliser efficiency.

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Future-proof your farm

Find out how your farm can become more productive, profitable and sustainable by future proofing your resources, your profit and our planet.

Future-proof your resources
Future-proof your resources
EFFICIENT FARMING: Each growing cycle brings the challenge of producing healthy, profitable crops while also preserving natural resources for the future.
Future-proof your profit
Future-proof your profit
PROFITABLE FARMING: Investing in nitrate-based solutions could generate higher profits both now, and in the long term.  
Future-proof our planet
Future-proof our planet
SUSTAINABLE FARMING: Reduce your farms' impact on climate change through efficient and sustainable agriculture practices and be profitable.