Agricultural Micronutrients Market Trends

The agricultural micronutrients market has seen prominent trends during past few years due to increasing awareness about how crucial micronutrient elements are in terms of enhancing proper health and yielding crops. Micronutrients, including such elements as zinc iron manganese copper and boron are essential to the growth and development of plants. One significant phenomenon seen in the market is that farmers are becoming conscious about balanced nutrient management.
With changing face of agricultural practices, the demand is increasing for redressing micronutrient deficiencies to optimise crop productivity. This trend is also promoting the need for micronutrient fertilizers and soil amendments to ensure that crops get a necessary balance of essential elements needed for optimal growth.
There is a gradual shift towards precision agriculture whereby farmers are embracing that chemistry to accurately use micro-nutrients according the needs of soils and plants. Such precision agriculture practices like soil testing, remote sensing and variable rate technology allow farmers to vary nutrient applications according to the specific patches of a field as well helping them address micronutrient deficiencies more accurately.
This trend is in line with the overall move toward sustainable and efficient farming practices, thus promoting a number of micronutrient management strategies.
One other significant tendency is the addition of micronutrients in foliar spray mixtures. Foliar application of micronutrients is the process where nutrient solutions are sprayed onto leaves and absorbed immediately giving a quick remedy within critical growth periods.
Farmers are increasingly acknowledging the applicability of foliar sprays as an effective means to addressing micronutrient imbalances and enhancing crop quality. This trend is especially prominent with horticultural crops and high-value ones where micronutrient deficiencies may affect marketable yields significantly and the quality of products.
The market is influenced by the increasing demand for more nutrition-rich biofortified crops.
With consumers showing more attention on quality and nutritional value in food, there is an increasing interest towards high-nutrient crops. This has led to collaborations between the suppliers of agricultural inputs, research houses and food companies that develop kinds of crops fortified with micronutrients. As a response to this trend, the agricultural micronutrients market is supplying farmers with all necessary products that are required for growing biofortified crops.