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Always soil test before planting maize

Always soil test before planting maize

September 14th 2025 Since the 1990s, pastoral farmers in NZ have been using maize silage to fill feed deficits in the drier months of summer, or in the colder, wetter months of winter. With an expected yield of 18t-28t Read more

Take control of your nitrogen use

Take control of your nitrogen use

August 14th 2025 Applying nitrogen is a well-established practice to ensure sufficient spring pasture. To get the grass growing, frequent applications are typically the norm. But when the cows are already calving, Read more

Know what your cows are eating

Know what your cows are eating

July 8th 2025 Do you soil test? If you do, then you already practice smart nutrient management by only applying fertiliser based on what your soil actually needs. However, a soil test is only part of the picture. Read more

What do a Lamborghini and a nitrogen fertiliser have in common?

What do a Lamborghini and a nitrogen fertiliser have in common?

June 20th 2025 If you visited our 2025 Fieldays site at Mystery Creek, you might have been surprised to see a pearl-white 1986 Lamborghini Countach 5000QV taking centre stage. After all, it’s not what you’d Read more

25 years of innovation and passion

25 years of innovation and passion

June 18th 2025 In the late 1990s, when the fertiliser industry in NZ was undergoing a significant amount of consolidation, dairy farmers Ross Karl, Rob Phillips, and Ken Titchener bucked this trend by forming their Read more

Do I really need fertiliser for my lifestyle block?

Do I really need fertiliser for my lifestyle block?

June 12th 2025 At Fertco, we often get phone calls from lifestyle block owners. The conversation usually goes something like this … ‘We don’t seem to have much grass and what we do have is a bit Read more

New NPK Options for Organics

New NPK Options for Organics

May 9th 2025 All farming has its challenges. For organic farmers, one such difficulty has been maintaining soil fertility without the use of synthetic fertilisers. But if the organics industry in NZ is to achieve Read more

Lime and gypsum for different uses

Lime and gypsum for different uses

April 14th 2025 Many people ask us if lime and gypsum can be used interchangeably. This is not surprising since they are both labelled as soil amendments and recommended for improving soil conditions. However, while Read more

Regen or Anti-degen for Kiwi Farmers?

Regen or Anti-degen for Kiwi Farmers?

March 12th 2025 When global giants like Syngenta and Bayer, and large scale NZ businesses such as Fonterra and Silver Fern Farms, start paying attention to Regen Agriculture, it’s a sign that we at the grassroots Read more

Benefits of dicalcic phosphate too good to ignore

Benefits of dicalcic phosphate too good to ignore

February 11th 2025 Now is the perfect time to plan your fertiliser programme for autumn. Whether you are maintaining or building soil fertility, phosphates will be needed. But the quantity needed and how well they work Read more

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