Handout - K+S Aktiengesellschaft
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<strong>K+S</strong> Group<br />
Potash Fertilization and Yields for Corn<br />
Potash use by crop<br />
in 2007/08<br />
Potash use and yield for corn<br />
in 2007/08<br />
Wheat 6%<br />
Cotton<br />
2%<br />
Other cereals<br />
3%<br />
Fruits & Vegetables<br />
22%<br />
Potash use<br />
kg/ha<br />
60<br />
Yield<br />
t/ha<br />
10<br />
Soybeans 8%<br />
8<br />
Oil palm and<br />
other oil seed 8%<br />
40<br />
6<br />
Sugar crops 9%<br />
Corn 15%<br />
20<br />
4<br />
2<br />
Rice 13%<br />
Other crops 14%<br />
0<br />
USA China India<br />
0<br />
Potash use in kg/ha<br />
Yield in t/ha<br />
Balanced fertilizer use which is suited to plants results in higher yields<br />
and a lessening of the effects of negative factors (e.g. temperature, rainfall)<br />
Sources: USDA, FAO, IFA, <strong>K+S</strong>, 2007-09<br />
Other crops: roots, tubers, pulses, nuts, coffee, tea, tobacco, ornamentals, turf etc.<br />
Other oilseed: rapeseed, mustard, sunflower, groundnut etc.; Other cereals: barley, oat, rye, triticale, sorghum etc.<br />
January 2013 <strong>K+S</strong> Group 78
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