Agricultural Applications
The quality of the soil across a great part of the country continues to decline. The population of micro-organisms found in the soil has significantly been reduced due to various chemicals and fertilizers that have been introduced into the soil. This population of micro-organisms is essential to breaking down the nutrients (N-P-K), allowing plants and crops to absorb them. The excessive use of conventional fertilizers has created other soil concerns, such as an increase in salt and phosphate.
The analysis of soils treated with salt-based fertilizers and chemicals indicates that the beneficial bacteria are lacking, which indicates how fragile the soil environment really is.
Edwards Environmental Corporation (EECORP) provides to our valued customers Fertility Products, Soil Amendments and Nutrient Supplements scientifically engineered for maximum crop performance!
Natural Solutions for Today's Agricultural Solutions
Breakthrough advances in humic acid production and the development of Humalite deliver nutrients, supplements and beneficial microbes in quantities never before available. EECORP distributes a new generation of products for agricultural management. EECORP responds to the needs of today's farmers with agricultural products that meet environmental demands while maintaining high yields, crop quality, and positive bottom line.
Quality yields depend on a complex interaction of soil, organic matter, nutrients, and beneficial microbes. Our products enrich this bio-environment without the use of chemicals, combining safe, easy handling with immediate and visible results. Root growth, natural disease management, nutrient uptake - all are dramatically improved.
Modern agriculture has undergone transformations that can affect productivity. Chemical run-off, ground water contamination, buildup of valuable nutrients unavailable to the plant, environmental damage from fertilizers, insecticides and herbicides - all led to regulations restricting the options farmers now have in bringing their crops to market profitably.
Enable farmers to maintain the eco-balance of their acreage, repair chemical damage to soil, and increase productivity in a sustainable, cost effective way. We have created new opportunities for crop managers to succeed.
Case In Point I: Increased wheat yield
A wheat farmer near Canton, Oklahoma, had a 40 acre plot which had not been fertilized in 6 years. A soil test indicated he had 1 pound of nitrogen per acre. He did not want to spend $800/ton for urea (46-0-0) to meet the recommended 200+ pounds of nitrogen to produce a 40 bushels/acre yield. Part of the plot had been impacted by salt from a drilling operation several years previous.
His goal was to bring the hard hit field back to productivity, and cut his fertilizer cost in half.
He applied 56 pounds of actual nitrogen/acre instead of the 200+ pounds recommended.
The winter wheat was sprayed with a soil amendment containing several strains of beneficial soil bacterium, humic acid, a biological stimulant, and some liquid fertilizer at the recommended dosage. A wheat sample was collected at that time, and analysed for protein content. Two weeks later a second wheat sample was collected, and a forage analysis was performed. The protein content had risen 26%. Historically, this field had yielded 15 bushels/acre. This year the field yielded 28 bushels/acre for a 46% increase. The farmer saved over $120/acre on fertilizer. The treated field yielded wheat heads that were full of seed and measured 4.75 inches versus an untreated area of the field that only yielded 1.75 inches and the heads were not fully seeded. He also noted that the humic acid had broken down the clay content in the soil, allowing the moisture to penetrate instead of ponding on the surface in his terraces. In addition, he attributed the improved yield to the humic acid detoxifying the salt in the soil allowing the nutrients to be released. The farmer was pleased with his investment and soil improvements, particularly under the severe drought conditions Oklahoma is currently experiencing.
