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Old 03-24-2009, 12:49 AM   #23 (permalink)
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Default Re: AZ41 - multi-purpose spray

It truly helps if the products are higher valued, our work would be easier. But consider the fact that bananas grown in tropical countries are often the cheapest valued crop in the tropics, and yet a major multinational company in the Philippines is using AZ41 regularly on their bananas. If the price of AZ41 cannot justify the increased revenue, then they would have stopped using it a long time ago. It is the same with the major pineapple producer of Australia, if the cost do not justify the benefits, then they would have stopped using the product. These are companies with full-blown agronomy and horticultural departments to look into these. These are the companies that don't use products without field trials. In fact getting them to do just the initial trial was very hard. But finally they kept an open mind and tried it scientifically, compared it with their existing conventional products, and have concluded based on benefits versus cost analysis to order our products regularly. This is the same with many other farmers and users that were brave enough to try it out and compared their bottom line. As for us hobbyists, it is encouraged that we test it first as directed.

We are also targeting even lower valued crops that have problems and can make a case of price versus benefits. In the US Crops for now, the higher valued crops are fewer but they are an easier market to penetrate.

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