Aguia phosphate outshines imports in Brazilian crop trials
Since 2019, the company has been running tests with remarkable success on its 12 per cent high-grade phosphorus pentoxide product - dubbed Pampafos - at its Rio Grande do Sul-based operation.
The ASX-listed junior has now released the results of a two-year independent field trial on its standard 6 per cent grade Lavratto product. The company says the findings are a game-changer for Brazil's phosphate-hungry agricultural heartland.
Conducted by renowned agronomist Dr Felipe de Campos Carmona at the Integrar/Agrinova Technological Centre, the trial spanned both winter and summer crop cycles. Phosphate was applied to ryegrass and oats in winter, followed by soybeans and corn in the summer.
'Aguia is making steady progress on becoming operational and the quality of the phosphate products has been confirmed by this recent test work.'
Aguia Resources executive chairman Warwick Grigor
Aguia's locally produced phosphorus compared toe-to-toe with the likes of imported 32 per cent grade Moroccan phosphate, triple superphosphate and uber-high-grade 48 per cent monoammonium phosphate (MAP).
The trials proved the company's products match or outperform the yield outcomes of the established fertilisers.
In soybean crops, Aguia's Lavratto topped the yield tables when applied at 200 kilograms per hectare (kg/ha), outstripping even expensive MAP fertilisers. The same trend appeared across successive ryegrass-soy and oat-corn crops. For corn, the highest yields came from a clever sequence of applying Aguia's Lavratto in winter, followed by MAP in summer.
Ryegrass responded particularly well to Pampafos at a higher 200kg/ha application, punching in dry yields above 8 tonnes per hectare. This is comparable to Morocco's phosphate and MAP, despite being a significantly lower-grade product.
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