Increasing earnings with high quality wheat

Quality can make a huge price difference that farmers need to take into account.

What are the concrete numbers?

Nitrogen drives quality

The following example from Germany shows that working at the economic optimum may create surprising results. In this example, reducing nitrogen application from 200kg to 170kg has a very limited effect on yield. The lower yield seems to be more than compensated for by the economies in fertilizer cost. However, the diminished protein content does not allow to maintain the higher wheat quality standard. The resulting loss in revenue therefore largely exceeds the cost of the additional fertilizers. In this case it would have been more interesting to optimize protein content and revenues by tailored nitrogen application.