Nov 14, 2010
With fundamental changes now taking place in the way in which soil fertility is viewed there is an increasing demand for nutrient programmes that deliver at least as much pasture production without the need for regular applications of fertiliser nitrogen. These...
Oct 13, 2010
There are some very positive things happening in the soil nutrient industry that those of us, who have been involved for over twenty years, find genuinely exciting. There is an increasing ground swell of opinion amongst farmers and growers that a fundamental change in...
Sep 17, 2010
The last article focused on information from a letter written by the late Les Hawill to a farmer client in the Waikato. He claimed that with increased use of dolomite “the economy could bloom like never before.” That claim may at first seem somewhat extravagant,...
Sep 17, 2010
One of the challenges of writing a monthly article related to dolomite is isolating a single aspect of the effect of dolomite on pasture when its influence is so far reaching. Ultimately it is the most effective magnesium fertiliser available although not always the...
Jun 28, 2010
Fish and seaweed are used as the basis of healthy growth promoting foliar fertilisers that used in the right place, at the right time, and at the right rate, provide pleasing results. Much of the credit for the improvement in plant quality and palatability resulting...
May 22, 2010
Dolomite has never been called ineffective. My introduction to dolomite was during the first spring of my dairy farming career when helping with another cow down at calving the owner muttered, “we never had these problems when we used dolomite”. The questions were,...
May 22, 2010
With the growing awareness that soil fertility is primarily driven by calcium, as well as the importance of magnesium for robust animal health, dolomite from Golden Bay is once again becoming the preferred autumn magnesium fertiliser for many farmers nationwide....
Apr 27, 2010
Animal health and performance is dependent on the quality of the pasture available, which in turn is reliant on sufficient mineral and moisture available from the soil. We had the privilege, prior to Christmas, of visiting a Collingwood grazing property with stock as...
Apr 27, 2010
It has been heartening to receive calls from farmers requesting further dolomite for their properties particularly so when it is some years since they last applied. In the interim some have applied other magnesium ‘fertiliser’ the decision being made on the basis of...
Apr 27, 2010
Fertiliser sales generally, since this time last year, have been significantly down on the buoyant sales of the previous twelve months. Dolomite sales have however bucked the trend, and even into November demand is steady, a tribute to its effectiveness and value....
