Jan 19, 2025
Since 1990 we’ve worked in the belief that agriculture, particularly pastoral farming, would steadily embrace alternative practices when they were shown to be beneficial. And we’ve been wrong. However, the technology we’ve known to be the best for our pastoral...
Jan 19, 2025
A common thread in discussions with dairy farmers this spring has been the unusually high number of animals suffering calcium/magnesium related metabolic disorders. That’s a large financial hit prior to the season getting underway, because for every animal exhibiting...
Feb 26, 2024
In the 32 years I’ve been involved in the dolomite business the most common objection when selling it has been its price. That’s a fair and reasonable objection assuming that all magnesium inputs are equally as effective at limiting debilitating calcium/magnesium...
Feb 26, 2024
I recently attended a meeting where Dr Tom Sheahan spoke on the importance of methane and nitrous oxide. In essence the message was that both are irrelevant greenhouse gases, atmospheric CO2 has little effect on climate warming, and there is no climate emergency. If...
Jan 14, 2023
Fertiliser expenditure is usually the largest outgoing after mortgage payments, which are currently lifting to levels not seen for close on thirty years. Fertiliser costs have already risen dramatically, particularly that of manufactured imported high analysis...
Oct 11, 2022
Some years back there was a government backed campaign to buy locally made merchandise. How effective it was is unknown however there was no way I was going to part with my hard-earned dollars for a New Zealand product unless it was as good as and price competitive...
