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As a way to evaluate the yield potential of Monarka-INIA under farm or commercial conditions, a productive circuit was conducted in an area of approximately 10 hectares with four farmers in four locations, Collipulli, Freire, Radal and La Unión, of the southern area of Chile.

The crop was conducted under the farmer agronomic management. The objective was to break their own production records. An agreement was established between INIA and each of participating farmers in order to regulate the final destination of the production as well as the control of the weighing and surface area by an external Minister of Faith.

As a result, Monarka-INIA reached 16.33 tons per hectare with a high quality grain in Collipulli. The farmers of Freire and Radal managed to exceed 15.60 and 14.60 tons per hectare, respectively, being for all of them a production record and also superior quality. In the case of La Unión, yield was affected by winter conditions, soil and rotation problems; however, despite this, Monarka-INIA managed to exceed 13.80 tons per hectare.

In overall, the average of the production circuit exceeded 15.05 tons per hectare with an intermediate to strong grain quality, in a condition of good agronomic management and with a relatively wet spring that in critical periods allowed a good grain filling. It is worth noting that Collipulli was the only locality where irrigation was carried out during wheat development.

The farmers participating in this circuit were Christofer Jequier (Collipulli), Elena Fitzner (Freire), José Quintas (Radal) and Patricio Avilez (La Unión).