Nano Stim Agricultural Products is offering free foliar nutrition and drone applications for 100ha of UK farmland impacted by the dry spring conditions.
The company will select 10 growers with winter wheat, winter barley or spring barley crops that are visibly under pressure but which retain yield potential.
The application will use Nano Stim N-Core and Nano Stim Multi Micro, supplying targeted foliar nutrition including nitrogen, sulphur, magnesium, manganese, zinc, iron, copper, boron and molybdenum.
Nano Stim states that this is not to replace a planned fertiliser application, instead it is a practical response to a difficult season.
“This is not a sales campaign. It is an offer of help,” said a spokesperson for Nano Stim Agricultural Products. “A lot of UK cereal crops have been through a brutal spring. Many growers are looking at crops that still have potential, but are clearly under pressure. We believe foliar nutrition still has a role to play where the crop is alive, actively growing and capable of responding.”
Each selected farm will receive:
- 10 hectares treated with Nano Stim by drone
- Free Nano Stim product
- Free UAV application
- One untreated comparison strip left in the same field
- Before-and-after crop monitoring where possible
“We are not asking growers to believe a marketing claim,” the spokesperson added. “We are asking them to let the crop decide. Same field, same crop, same management, 10 hectares treated and one fair untreated comparison. If Nano Stim does nothing, people will see that. If it helps, people will see that too.”
The package is best suited for light land, dry-stressed crops, or crops where root nutrient access may have been limited. It is not based on the first ten applicants, but chosen based on crop, timing, location, access, comparison value and operational suitability.
Each site must be suitable for safe and compliant drone usage. Fields may be excluded due to airspace, obstacles, access, neighbouring properties, roads, public areas, livestock, sensitive sites or other operational restrictions.
Nano Stim said the Rescue Package also reflects the difficulty of bringing new agricultural technologies to market in a sector dominated by large fertiliser companies.
“The big fertiliser companies have the budgets, the legacy relationships, the rebate structures, the distributor networks and the shelf space,” the spokesperson said. “We do not. So we are doing the one thing a new company can do: help first and prove it in the field.”
Applications for the Nano Stim 100 Hectare Free Rescue Package close on Monday 9th June due to the time-sensitive nature of the crop window.
Growers, agronomists, contractors and farm managers interested in taking part are asked to contact Nano Stim Agricultural Products with the following information:
- Crop
- Location
- Field size
- Current crop condition
- Growth stage
- Whether an untreated comparison strip can be left