Education, How To, Management, Productivity, Soil Health, Sustainability
Fertiliser prices have more than doubled over the past year. What events have caused these prices to go up, what impact does it have on overall farm costs of production, and what can farmers do to keep fertiliser prices from eating through all of their profits? Two...
Animal Health, Customer Stories, Education, Field Outcomes, Productivity, Soil Health, Sustainability
Healthy Animals Means Healthy Profits We recently had the pleasure of participating in the Wairarapa Rural Women’s Initiative Discussion Group. The theme of the October meeting was better farm management through alternative fertiliser options. The event was held in...
Animal Health, Customer Stories, Education, Field Outcomes, Productivity, Soil Health, Sustainability
Tony and Denise Zonneveld are milking 160 A2 Fresian cows off 55 hectares at Edendale in Southland. Contrary to the rest of the country, which has battled through an unusually wet winter, the Zonneveld’s have had a great winter, milking all the way through with plenty...
Education, Productivity, Soil Health, Sustainability
Albert Einstein once said: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results”. Fast forward to today. Normally the Venn diagram of academia and farming is two discrete circles. But in this case, I don’t think you have to squint too hard...
Education, Field Outcomes, How To, Productivity, Soil Health, Sustainability, Trial Results
There’s a better, more efficient and cost-effective way to apply nitrogen to plants. Fish IT is a biological food source designed to stimulate soil life and supply nitrogen at the plants’ roots in a slow release as the plant requires it, without the waste...
Customer Stories, Education, Productivity, Soil Health
Southland farmer Chris Pyper has teamed up with Fish IT to embark on a three-year trial programme to assess the impact of a more sustainable, more cost-effective land management practices by incorporating Fish IT across three separate platforms: a 42 hectare cut and...
