Spreading properties

A key feature of Nutramon CAN is its excellent spreading properties which enable it to meet the high mechanical demands through spreading technology and give working widths of up to 36 m.

Spreading errors cost money

Spreading errors are known in the business as technical stripe disease and refer to areas where crops are over- or undersupplied. Only with nitrogen is this apparent because the plants are a different green color. Many farmers are not actually aware that these symptoms only become apparent when there are serious errors and are then irreversible, yet spreading errors in the non-visible range can quickly lead to unwelcome repercussions.

The consequences of spreading errors are:

at variation coefficient up to 25%: not visible
at variation coefficient 25 – 30%: slight differences in color visible
at variation coefficient 30 – 50%: clear differences in color visible

Effects of spreading errors can be:

lower yields
loss of quality
more difficult crop management
uneven maturation
harvest problems

Nutramon CAN is less wind-sensitive

Even with moderate wind impact, optimum spread patterns can be produced with Nutramon CAN. Good spreading results require optimum adjustment of the spreading technology; we provide support here with the latest spreading tables, advice on spreading and check lists.

The diagrams show the result of spreading trials with Nutramon CAN and finely ground urea. The black line represents the amount of fertilizer applied in a single pass, in other words the basic spreading pattern. The overlap on the return pass shows the total spreading pattern which is represented by the blue line.

Total spreading pattern for Nutramon CAN with wind at 4 m/s

There are differences in spreading trials in practice

The effect of a 4 m/s crosswind from the right shows here with fine urea a clear displacement of the quantities of fertilizer applied in the left working area. This produces a spreading error in the overall pattern of 34.4% for finely-ground urea. With Nutramon CAN, however, the spreading pattern remains stable so that the distribution of fertilizer in both working widths is in each case 50% of the total quantity. An optimum fertilizer distribution is achieved with a spreading error in the total spreading pattern of 7%.

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