Jun 11, 2012
The following information will provide farmers with the ability to grow more feed in spring. For those who don’t enjoy winter, there’s the added benefit of getting to spring in a better frame of mind. Our first few years of pastoral farming were spent close to the...
Apr 30, 2012
It’s fascinating to watch companies with the miracle product suddenly develop a new product that will cure all ills. Could it be that the original product did not perform as claimed or is it a case of trying to chase the market as it changes? One of the many...
Mar 30, 2012
Soil is a living breathing organism, and as with any other oxygen dependent organism potential performance increases with improved ability to suck air in and breathe out gases. Conversely when unable to breathe soil dies and what remains is no longer soil. In an...
Feb 20, 2012
The marked reduction in the incidence of calcium/magnesium related metabolic disorders, particularly in dairy cows, as a result of a single annual application of Golden Bay Dolomite is well known and easily monitored. The overall improvement in animal health and...
Feb 13, 2012
Much of the conventional fertiliser model is based on the premise that the cheapest input is the best. This ignores the performance aspect of products and there are many examples where the cheapest products available simply do not perform as well or provide the range...
Feb 12, 2012
The structure of soil has a strong influence on the quantity of pasture grown from now until rain arrives in autumn. After a wet winter, in areas where treading damage has been unavoidable, the soil may have become a little compacted with the bulk of permanent pasture...