Black Urea is a specialised carbon coated urea product designed to slow down all three ways that applied nitrogen can be lost, and deliver more nitrogen to the actual crop. Many scientific field, glass house and laboratory research trials over the past decade have confirmed Black Urea is a minimum of 25% more efficient than white urea. This means that a minimum of 25% more nitrogen will end up in the plant when we use Black Urea compared to using normal white urea. This makes Black Urea significantly more economical and a much more effective nitrogen alternative compared to normal urea, as shown in the example below (based on 100 kg/ha application rate).
In practice, growers can choose to apply less Black Urea compared to white urea to achieve the desired kilograms of nitrogen applied, or apply the same amount of Black Urea as they would have with white urea and gain an extra 25% plant available nitrogen. Growers can also feel a lot more confident that more of the nitrogen they do apply will actually get to the plant when using Black Urea. Black Urea is simply a much safer, more economical and more effective source of nitrogen for crops.
If you are interested in capitalising on the benefits of Black Urea, please speak to our agronomy team.
