{"id":13019,"date":"2022-09-09T12:49:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T11:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ficosterra.com\/?p=13019"},"modified":"2022-09-09T12:49:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T11:49:24","slug":"ficosterras-cystium-k-biostimulant-surprises-in-barley-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ficosterra.com\/en\/ficosterras-cystium-k-biostimulant-surprises-in-barley-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"Ficosterra’s Cystium-k\u00ae biostimulant surprises in barley trials"},"content":{"rendered":"

Successful completion of trials with the biostimulant cystium-k\u00ae in dryland barley<\/h2>\n

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The image shows barely without treatment on the left. It is separated by a thin line that marks the area treated with the biostimulant cystium-k, a more intense green can be seen as if the heat didn’t affect the crop as much.<\/p><\/div>\n

The Campo CyL<\/a> magazine has quoted the results of the last cereal campaign in Castilla y Le\u00f3n.<\/h4>\n

Under the headline: “The cereal is saved from disaster, but do the numbers come out?”<\/em>, they analyze province by province the results obtained in a bad rainy season, which has left much lower productivity than the previous season.<\/h4>\n

However, today we want to share the data that we obtained in our first trial on rain-fed barley, in the province of Burgos, where we measured the effectiveness of the biostimulant cystium-k\u00ae<\/a>, a pure extract of the seaweed Macrocystis pyrifera<\/a> that we collect in the waters of the Pacific Ocean:<\/h4>\n

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The information provided by these numbers is beyond doubt:<\/h4>\n

The area treated with the biostimulant cystium-k\u00ae improves not only the productivity of the crop (+280kgs\/hectare). We have also seen that each crop’s weight, moisture, and protein are slightly ahead of the area that has not received the biostimulant treatment.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

One more benefit, not insignificant for the farmer’s pocket, must be mentioned.<\/strong> At the time of publishing, Gregorio has not yet received payment for the grain from him, but he affirms that by calculating with what he was paid the previous year he will earn around \u20ac70 \/ ha (after expenses).<\/h4>\n

This farmer from P\u00e1ramo del Arroyo (Burgos) will receive \u20ac4,200 more this year than last season, a not insignificant economic return considering the times.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Even so, the farmer tells us that, if it had rained enough, the results would have been much more striking, since the plants would have more easily absorbed all the aids that he usually provides, including, in this case, those brought by the biostimulant cystium-k\u00ae from Ficosterra.<\/h4>\n

He tells us: “this is already reason enough to want to repeat the test in the next season and even more knowing that all this does not contaminate my field”<\/em>.<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t