Chapter 611: The Achievements of France

After two years of vigorous promotion, "phosphate rock" fertilizer had been widely accepted by French farmers.

After all, this stuff really could increase wheat yields by more than 10%, and the price was not considered expensive—phosphate rock was just stones at the place of production and was basically free, with all costs arising from transportation, so it was very cheap.

Furthermore, with the strong promotion of agricultural service consulting companies and the Church, almost every French farmer had adopted new types of composting.

The combination of phosphate fertilizer and compost led to an approximately 14% increase in wheat and potato yields in France over the previous year, which could have been even higher had not many lands been converted to beet cultivation.

At the same time, soil fertility had also seen noticeable improvement, with the fallow period extended from three to four years.