Two fields, side by side, of 40 acres in size, were planted by the grower. One field used ProTerra™. The comparison field used a conventional fertilizer program. Results of Lettuce Grown in Fall:

     Conventional Fertilizer v.s ProTerra Technologies, Inc ProTerra™ Yield Increase

Results	#/head1	heads/box	#/box	box/acre2	#/acre
ProTerra	2.62	24	62.88	835	52,504
Conv.	2.16	36	77.76	550	42,768

     The lettuce sold for $12.98/box. 835 boxes/acre @ $12.98 = $10,838.30 (yield/acre for ProTerra fertilized lettuce).

     550 boxes/acre @ 12.98 = $7,139.000 (yield/acre for conventionally fertilized lettuce).

The ProTerra™ fertilized lettuce produced an increase in yield per acre of $3,699.30

1) Trimmed weight per head to be wrap-packed.

2) Because of the difference in head weight and size, the lettuce from the ProTerra™ block could be packed in a 24-pack (24 heads) box while the lettuce from the conventional block was packed in a 30-pack (30 heads) box. The average weight per box was 62.9 lbs. and 64.8 lbs. for the Proterra™ box and conventional box, respectively.

     For an additional fertilizer cost of 1 quart per acre of ProTerra, the grower realized an increase in return per acre of $3,699.30.

     The results show a 21% increase in head size from the PROTERRA TECHNOLOGIES, INC fertilizer program with a projected overall marketable yield in excess of 50%.
     This was accomplished using 30% less nitrogen.

     The reduction in nitrogen translates into a significant quality improvement as the nitrates were reduced in the lettuce by 33%. This reduction in nitrates gives a sweeter tasting, more palatable product. Consumers are beginning to recognize the bitter taste of high-nitrate lettuce. When consumers discover the fuller, sweeter flavor of low-nitrate lettuce (1/3 less nitrate than conventionally fertilized lettuce) it will become the flavor standard of the industry.

     A cotton grower was told that after treatment with PROTERRA TECHNOLOGIES, INC ProTerra™, he would be able to see the difference in test strips set up in his cotton field.
      After three months he saw no difference and was ready to give up when he noticed the treated alkali test field seemed to irrigate a little more evenly.
     A few weeks later, an obvious difference appeared when the August heat began to take its toll on the crop. Many of the untreated cotton plants turned red while most of the treated strips remained green and healthy.

     "I could see the line then," the grower affirmed, "but that wasn't the best part. For our investment of 1 1/2 quart ProTerra™/Plant ResQ™ per acre I had from .2 to .4 of a bale increase everywhere I'd used the ProTerra™ program.
     "I am definitely going to use it again next year. We are extremely pleased with the test results. With more careful management and ProTerra™/PR, we expect to save even more water and money next year".

     In this test, six fifteen-acre test strips were set up in six different fields with soils that ranged from rich and black to red clay and white alkali. Each strip was treated with one quart of ProTerra™ in late February. When the young cotton plants had six to ten leaves, Plant ResQ™ was applied in a ten-inch band at one quart per acre.
     Other than the addition of the PROTERRA TECHNOLOGIES, INC products, the treated and untreated fields were fertilized and irrigated just the same.

     The first visible differences were in the alkali field as mentioned before. At harvest time, this caused a problem because the treated part of the alkali field took water so much better than the untreated side that during the final irrigation of the season the cotton continued growing in the treated field and had to be defoliated and harvested later than the rest of the field.

     The extra "trouble" paid off as the grower harvested an extra 125 pounds of lint per acre.