Research on the Effect of Agri-Gro on Snapbean (Green Bean) Production:
University of Tennessee

green bean production
     

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University of Tennessee
Jim Wyatt, Associate Professor
West Tennessee Experiment Station
Jackson, Tennessee
2000

KEY RESULTS:

  • 11% increase in total pounds per acre
  • 17.4 bushel/acre increase
 
Treatments: Agri-Gro added to control plot of 200 lbs/acre 15-15-15 (growers standard fertilizer and crop protection program)

Application: 16 oz. in furrow, 3 - 32 oz. foliar applications

Conclusions: In 4 replications, Agri-Gro increased yields of snap beans from 10 to 11 percent more pounds per acre depending upon cultivar.

Effect of Agri-Gro on Net Profit/acre
at various Snap Bean prices/bushel

Price/Bu. 6.00 8.00 10.00 12.00 14.00
Profit/acre 74.65 109.45 144.25 179.05 213.85

A 100 acre farm would have netted an additional $7,465 to $21,385 profit using Agri-Gro.

     



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