The producer completed a BeCrop® Test to identify the biological parameters to reduce the production gap and tested 5% of the sugar cane soil surfaces in the two areas.

BeCrop Test indicated biodiversity and nutrient cycling potential metrics were positively correlated with yield in all locations. More intensive management and agrochemical applications could explain its low biodiversity and nutrient cycling potential, and thus its low historical yields.

The producer used the microbiome information to improve their management strategies, reducing costs and increasing yield at the low-producing locations, and gain a huge advantage from BeCrop® Test with ROI: +923%.