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Use of Silicon Fertilisers in agriculture have been present since the 1930's. In the past three decades there has been a significant increase in use.

Specific crops such as rice and sugar cane are globally major users of Silicon Fertilisers.

In fact, Japan has carried out studies that have demonstrated that due to their high use of Silicon Fertilisers on their rice that this has provided nutritional benefit to the population in that their health care costs are one of the lowest in the world.

Silicon is recognised as being very good for the human body, skin, bones, teeth and hair. More recently research and studies have shown that Silicon also provides a boost to the immune system, just like it does in plants.

Traditional Silicon Fertilisers have largely comprised "Calcium Silicate Slag" which is the waste product from furnaces and smelters. This is quite high in Silica but also in many cases can contain high levels of crystalline silica and also many heavy metals. As such the application rates are very high due to the low PAS levels. Thus application rates are in the order of 5 Tonnes to the hectare.

Agripower's Silicon Fertiliser has very high PAS levels and as such application rates, subject to soil analysis, are in the order of 300Kg to the hectare.