I wanted to relate a tale of an apple trial, and then extrapolate from the results what would have been had the farmer covered his whole property. Like they are this year!
The statistics…
12 year old Gala apples on M26 root stock.
1 pint per acre of Vitazyme mixed into the normal chemical application program and applied 3 times. First at ‘pink’, the second at ‘petal fall’ and the third at about 4 weeks after ‘petal fall’. Of note is that the farmer could have applied another application at about 30 days prior to harvest, but did not.
The results…
The grower standard/check block produced a yield of 550 bushels per acre, with 23% under 2.5 inch diameter. Producing 423.5 bushels per acre of saleable fresh fruit.
The Vitazyme block produced a yield of 651 bushels per acre, with 9% under 2.5 inch diameter. Producing 592 bushels per acre of saleable fresh fruit.
Comparing a 77% pack-out vs. a 91% pack-out on a larger yield increases the saleable bushels by approximately 168.5 bushels per acre.
The math, assumptions and economic results…
We are using a $10.00 per bushel market price.
Three applications on these apples increase the revenue per acre by $1685.00, with a cost per acre of only $18.00!
Over his entire farm of 130 acres the revenue increase is $219,050.00 on an investment of $2340.00! That’s over 90 times return on investment.
Now if we assume the market for apples was very weak that year and only commanded $8.00 per bushel we see numbers like this…
Revenue increase per acre of $1348.00, at a cost of $18.00. Entire farm revenue increase over 130 acres of $175,240.00 on an investment of $2340.00. A return on investment of about 75 times.
If we assume there was a great market for Gala apples that year and the fresh fruit commanded $12.00 per bushel we would likely see this…
Revenue increase per acre of $2,022.00.
Entire farm revenue increase of $262,860.00, for a return on investment greater than 110 times!
As you can see at almost any realistic price for fresh fruit apples, the grower will substantially cover costs and increase revenue to the farm. In this 130 acre farm example even at low market rates profit increase of over $170,000.00 is had.
One of the ways in which Vitazyme can increase your return on investment is through yield. But yield alone will not do it every time, you also need quality. This is where Vitayzme excels. By increasing the size distribution of the apples to receive fresh fruit rates for 91% of the harvest vs. 77% of the harvest, you will drastically increase profits.
Other quality measures to look for in just the apple crop (but this extends to almost any crops where quality is tied to prices) also include better coloration, faster maturation (can allow you to get to market before your neighbors for better prices), increase in pressure, and increase in brix.
From small farm to large, the increase in profitability is hard to deny. That is why we always encourage farmers to at least do a trial and compare for themselves, if they are reluctant to go wall-to-wall initially. These trials inevitably show so much promise, most farmers start the whole farm regimen sooner rather than later.
Why wait when there is extra money sitting in your fields just waiting to be harvested!
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